Pontifical College
Americannoun
noun
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a major theological college under the direct control of the Roman Curia
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the council of priests, being the chief hieratic body of the Church
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After completing his religious training at St. Joseph Seminary in Louisiana and the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio, he was ordained in 1961.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2017
After graduation in 1953, he studied for two years at St. Joseph Seminary in St. Benedict, La., and from 1955 to 1961 at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2017
Already, on our trip, we had attended a homily by the Pope, shared a mass in a crypt beneath St Peter's, and been hosted to lunch by the Pontifical College.
From BBC • May 2, 2015
He went on to become rector of Pontifical College Josephinum, a seminary in Columbus, Ohio.
From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 15, 2014
The abdicating noble had to be adopted into a plebeian family, and the consent was required of the consuls and of the Pontifical College.
From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony
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