# Seminario de Lima

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Seminary in Peru

Seminary of Saint Turibius Seminario de Santo Toribio Building in Pueblo Libre Type Seminary Established December 7, 1591 (1591-12-07) Religious affiliation Catholicism Rector Presbyter Luis Sarmiento Location Avenida Sucre 1200, Pueblo Libre Website www.seminariodelima.pe

The **Seminary of Saint Turibius** ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Seminario de Santo Toribio*), also known as the **Seminary of Lima** or ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Seminario de Lima*), is a [priestly seminary](/source/Seminary) in charge of training seminarians to be future priests of the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lima). It is based in [Lima](/source/Lima), [Peru](/source/Peru), and is the second oldest seminary in the [Americas](/source/Americas) after [that of Bogotá](/source/Major_Seminary_of_Bogot%C3%A1), having been founded on December 7, 1591, by then Archbishop [Turibius of Mongrovejo](/source/Turibius_of_Mongrovejo).

It includes several structures, including several [chapels](/source/Chapels) (those of the Seminar, San José, Saint John Maria Vianney, and the central chapel), as well as several libraries including one for history, philosophy and theology. It is under the jurisdiction of the [Archbishop of Lima](/source/Archbishop_of_Lima). Its [rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) is [Presbyter](/source/Presbyter) Luis Sarmiento.

## History

The seminary was founded on December 7, 1591, by Archbishop [Toribio de Mogrovejo](/source/Toribio_de_Mogrovejo) seeking to instruct future priests of [Lima](/source/Lima). In accordance with the canons of the time, it was given the name of the Saint whose name the founder of the school was named: [Turibius of Astorga](/source/Turibius_of_Astorga).[1] The street where the first 509.02 [m2](/source/Square_metre) building was located (2nd block of [Jirón Lampa](/source/Jir%C3%B3n_Lampa)) was named after the seminary,[2][3] one block behind the [Archbishop's Palace](/source/Archbishop's_Palace_of_Lima) and the [Cathedral of Lima](/source/Metropolitan_Cathedral_of_Lima), and three blocks from where the [Royal and Pontifical University of San Marcos](/source/University_of_San_Marcos) was located, with which it always maintained close ties. It additionally owned the *Edificio Santo Toribio*, located at the intersection of [Huancavelica](/source/Jir%C3%B3n_Huancavelica) and [Rufino Torrico](/source/Jir%C3%B3n_Rufino_Torrico) streets.[3] The first rector of the Seminary College was Hernando de Guzmán, who in 1608-1609 and in 1624-1625 was rector of San Marcos.[4] In 1592 the college obtained the [royal patronage](/source/Patronato_real).[2]

The Lima earthquake of November 13, 1655 destroyed a large part of the school.[1] It was thus temporarily moved to the street next to the [San Bartolomé Hospital](/source/San_Bartolom%C3%A9_Hospital) (approximately at the height of San Joaquín Street, 2nd block of Jirón Cangallo).[5]

On June 28, 1679 (73 years after the death of the founding archbishop of the Seminary) Pope [Innocent XI](/source/Innocent_XI), through the *Laudeamus* [Bulla](/source/Papal_bull), proclaimed the [beatification](/source/Beatification) of Toribio de Mogrovejo. As a consequence, the Seminary College took his name.[5] Later the Seminary returned to occupy its original space, on Santo Toribio Street. Toribio de Mogrovejo was [canonized](/source/Canonized) on December 10, 1726, by [Pope Benedict XIII](/source/Pope_Benedict_XIII), through the *Quoniam Spiritus* Bull. As a consequence, the Seminary took its original name again, but this time in dedication to its founder, now a saint, and no longer Toribio de Astorga.

In 1813, Archbishop [Bartolomé María de las Heras](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bartolom%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_de_las_Heras&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_de_las_Heras)], wishing to give the Seminary the extension it lacked to comfortably contain a greater number of students and establish the same curriculum adopted at the *[Convictorio de San Carlos](/source/Convictorio_de_San_Carlos)*, bought the house next to it with his own income and expanded the building, commissioning the work to the priest [Matías Maestro](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mat%C3%ADas_Maestro&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat%C3%ADas_Maestro)].[6]

Towards the middle of the 19th century, Archbishop [Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro](/source/Francisco_Xavier_de_Luna_Pizarro) carried out a profound reform of the curriculum and the financial system and moved the Seminary to the cloisters of San Francisco Solano and San Buenaventura within the [convent of San Francisco](/source/Basilica_and_Convent_of_San_Francisco%2C_Lima).[2][6] In the middle of the 20th century, for the widening of the [Abancay street](/source/Avenida_Abancay), these cloisters were cut and the Seminary moved to its new location in the district of [Magdalena Vieja](/source/Pueblo_Libre).[2] The insignia of the school were: a brown mantle and a blue scholarship with the royal arms.[2]

## See also

- [Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima](/source/Metropolitan_Cathedral_of_Lima)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Valega_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Valega_1-1) Valega, José M. (1939). *El Virreinato del Perú, Historia crítica de la época colonial, en todos sus aspectos* (in Spanish). Lima: Editorial Cultura Ecléctica.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bromley_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bromley_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Bromley_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Bromley_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Bromley_2-4) [Bromley Seminario, Juan](/source/Juan_Bromley) (2019). [*Las viejas calles de Lima*](https://web.archive.org/web/20200420211756/https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: [Metropolitan Municipality of Lima](/source/Metropolitan_Municipality_of_Lima). pp. 399–400. Archived from [the original](https://www.munlima.gob.pe/images/las-viejas-calles-de-lima.pdf) (PDF) on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2024-04-25.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Planas_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Planas_3-1) Planas, Enrique. ["Las casonas del Centro de Lima"](https://especiales.elcomercio.pe/?q=especiales/casonas-del-centro-historico-de-lima-multimedia-nndd/index.html). *[El Comercio](/source/El_Comercio_(Peru))*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Eguiguren, Luis Antonio](/source/Luis_A._Eguiguren) (1951). *La Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, iv centenario de la fundación de la Universidad Real y Pontificia y de su vigorosa continuidad histórica* (in Spanish). Lima: Imprenta Santa María.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Doering_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Doering_5-1) Doering, Juan Gunther (1983). [*Planos de Lima, 1613-1983*](https://books.google.com/books?id=06efQgAACAAJ) (in Spanish). [Municipalidad de Lima Metropolitana](/source/Metropolitan_Municipality_of_Lima).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Fuentes_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Fuentes_6-1) Fuentes, Manuel A. (1858). *Estadística General de Lima* (in Spanish).

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Miraflores Palacio Municipal Palace of Justice Pan-American Athletes' Village Petroperú Building Public Ministry of Peru Quinta Heeren Quinta Leuro Quinta Presa Rospigliosi Castle Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus Church Sheraton Lima Historic Center Sinagoga 1870 Sinagoga Sharón The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center Torre Banco de la Nación Museums and theatres Aeronautical Museum Bodega y Quadra Museum Canout Theatre Casa Grau Naval Museum Combatants of the Morro de Arica Museum DIRCOTE Museum Gold Museum of Peru and Arms of the World Gran Teatro Nacional José Carlos Mariátegui Museum Larco Museum Lima Art Museum Metropolitan Museum Morro Solar Planetarium Municipal Theatre Museum Museum of Congress and the Inquisition Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of the Brain Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Museum of Elections and Democracy Museum of Italian Art Museum of Natural History National Afro-Peruvian Museum National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History National Museum National Museum of Peruvian Culture Naval Museum Pinacotheca of Lima Teatro Colón Teatro Municipal Teatro Peruano Japonés Teatro Segura Squares and promenades Cinco esquinas Jirón de la Unión Pasaje Olaya Monument Pasaje Santa Rosa Pizarro statue Stone of Taulichusco Paseo de los Héroes Navales Las llamas La yunta Paseo Colón Columbus Statue Pizza Blvd. Plaza de la Bandera Plaza Bolívar Plaza Bolognesi Plaza de la Democracia Plaza Dos de Mayo Plaza Francia Statue of Liberty Plaza Grau Monument Plaza Italia Plaza José Faustino Sánchez Carrión Plaza Manco Cápac Monument Plaza Mayor Fountain Plaza Perú Plaza Ramón Castilla Monument Plaza San Martín Lamp of the Three Graces Plazuela de las Artes Plazuela del Teatro Monument Parks and zoos Alameda Chabuca Granda Alameda de los Descalzos Museum Bridge of Sighs Campo de Marte Monument Costa Verde Pan-American Complex El Olivar Friendship Park Cultural Centre Museum Heroes of Independence Park Huachipa Zoo Lima Golf Club Malecón de Miraflores Love Park Villena Bridge Medicinal Botanical Garden Kennedy Park Lachay National Reserve Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge Parque de la Exposición Fountain Parque de La Muralla Parque de la Reserva Parque de las Leyendas Paseo de Aguas Plazuela Chabuca Granda Monument Reducto № 2 Museum Reducto № 5 University Park Clock Education Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University Cayetano Heredia University Federico Villarreal National University National Superior Autonomous School of Fine Arts Cultural Centre National University of Engineering National University of San Marcos Officers' School of the National Police of Peru Peruvian University of Applied Sciences Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Raúl Porras Barrenechea Institute Ricardo Palma University Technological University of Peru University of Engineering and Technology Campus University of Lima Health Archbishop Loayza National Hospital Central Military Hospital Dos de Mayo National Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati 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