Lorenzo Ruiz,also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila,was a Filipino Catholic layman and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. A Chinese Filipino,he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century. Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of,among others,the Philippines and the Filipino people.
The University of Santo Tomas,officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas,Manila or colloquially as Ustê,is a private Catholic research university in Manila,Philippines. Founded on April 28,1611,by Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides,third Archbishop of Manila,it has the oldest extant university charter in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. It is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System that is run by the Order of Preachers.
The UST Angelicum College,officially the University of Santo Tomas - Angelicum College is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Dominican Province of the Order of Preachers located in Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines. It was founded in July 1972 by the Dominican priest Rev. Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon,OP who became its first rector. UST Angelicum is an official member of the Dominican Network. It attained Level III Primary Accreditation conducted by PAASCU
The Arch of the Centuries is a triumphal arch at the Plaza Intramuros of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila,Philippines. Half of the current structure,the side facing the UST Main Building is the ruins of the 17th-century arch door of the first UST campus in Intramuros,while the side that faces España Boulevard is a replica inaugurated in 1954.
Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia was a Spanish Dominican priest and missionary. After teaching at the Colegio de Santo Tomas in Manila,he went to Japan in 1623,where he ministered incognito to the Catholic community for about ten years. Betrayed by an apostate,he was captured and executed. His feast day is 28 September.
The 17 Thomasian Martyrs were the 12 Dominican priests,1 Franciscan priest and 3 Dominican bishops who became administrators,professors,or students in the University of Santo Tomas in Manila,they are venerated in the Catholic Church regarded them as a martyrs and declared as a saints and blesseds by several popes throughout the 20th and 21st century,All of them gave up their lives for their Christian faith,some in Japan,others in Vietnam,and in the 20th century,in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila was among the lay companions of the Thomasian Martyrs of Japan,their feast day is celebrated every year on November 6.
The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (USTFMS) is the medical school of the University of Santo Tomas,the oldest and largest Catholic university in Manila,Philippines.
Guillaume Courtet,O.P. (1589–1637) was a French Dominican friar,Catholic priest,and missionary. One of the first Frenchman to have visited Japan,he died as a martyr by beheading in Nagasaki at the hands of the Tokugawa Shogunate on Michaelmas Day 1637 after three days continuous torture. He was canonised by Pope John Paul II in 1987 as one of the 16 Martyrs of Japan. He is celebrated annually on the September 28th as one of the 16 and on November 6th as one of the Thomasian Martyrs.
The University of Santo Tomas is one of the oldest existing universities and holds the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia. It was founded on April 28,1611,by the third Archbishop of Manila,Miguel de Benavides,together with Domingo de Nieva and Bernardo de Santa Catalina. It was originally conceived as a school to prepare young men for the priesthood. Located Intramuros,it was first called Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario and later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomás in memory of Dominican theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas. In 1624,the colegio was authorized to confer academic degrees in theology,philosophy,and arts. On November 20,1645,after representations by Vittorio Riccio,Pope Innocent X elevated the college to the rank of a university and in 1680 it was placed under royal patronage.
Francisco de la Cuesta,O.S.H. was the 12th Archbishop of Manila from 1707 to 1722,and Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines from 1719 to 1721.
During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines (1521–1898),the different cultures of the archipelago experienced a gradual unification from a variety of native Asian and Islamic customs and traditions,including animist religious practices,to what is known today as Filipino culture,a unique hybrid of Southeast Asian and Western culture,namely Spanish,including the Spanish language and the Catholic faith.
The Doctrina Christiana were two early books on the catechism of the Catholic Church,both published 1593 in Manila,Philippines. These are two of the earliest printed books in the Philippines.
The Colegio de San Ildefonso was an educational institution run by the Society of Jesus in Cebu City,Philippines in the then Spanish Captaincy General of the Philippines. It was established by the Jesuits in 1595 thus making it the first European-founded educational institution in Asia. In Mexico City,the Jesuits had founded a college with the same name in 1588. The Cebu City college was established by Fr. Antonio Sedeño,Fr. Pedro Chirino,and Antonio Pereira of the Society of Jesus in August 1595. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories in 1767,the buildings and facilities were taken over by the Diocese of Cebu,then by the Congregation of the Mission,and later by the Society of the Divine Word.
Juan de Arechederra,O. P. was a Venezuelan friar and member of the Dominican Order who served as the Rector of Colegio de San Juan de Letran from 1725 until 1735 and University of Santo Tomas from 1735 to 1737 and from 1743 to 1745 and Bishop-elect of Nueva Segovia from 1745 and in turn,the Bishop from 1750 until his death in 1751. In Philippine history,he is best remembered as being the Governor-General from 1745 to 1750 who baptized Alimuddin I,the only Catholic Sultan of Sulu.
Fidel Villarroel was a Spanish historian,writer,filipinologist,biographer,political commentator,Master Theologian of the Dominican Order,and member of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. A recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice,he is the former Archivist,Spanish Department Director,Prefect of Libraries,and professor at the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas. He had also served as secretary to the Apostolic Nunciature for 32 years(1959–1991),and is currently an academic director of the prestigious Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española,the local branch of the renowned Real Academia Española based in Madrid,Spain,and part of the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española.
This is a timeline of the history of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas,the oldest university in Asia,comprising important events of the history of the university and of the development of Philippine higher education in general. To read about the background to these events,see History of the University of Santo Tomas. See also the history of the Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas,and the Santo Tomas Internment Camp
JoséTorralba Rios (1653-1726) was a Spanish oidor and licentiate who served as the 36th Governor-General of the Philippines. He is the eighth Governor-General of the Philippines from the Real Audiencia of Manila.
The oldest universities,colleges,vocational schools and the first modern public education system in Asia were created during the Spanish colonial period. The earliest schools were founded by Spanish Catholic missionaries. By the time Spain was replaced by the United States as the colonial power,Filipinos were among the most educated people in all of Asia. Of the many educational institutions established during the colonial era,only a few remain extant today,such as the University of Santo Tomas (1611),Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1620),Real Colegio de Santa Potenciana (1590),Universidad de San Ignacio (1590),Colegio de San Ildefonso (1595),Santa Isabel College Manila (1632),and the Universidad de San Felipe de Austria (1640),among others.
