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Identification

Type:

Corporate Body

Preferred form:

Colegio de San Gregorio de Valladolid (España)Other forms

Fechas de Existencia:

from 1487 to 1835

History:

The founding of the College of San Gregorio was initiative of Brother Alonso de Burgos, who was the confessor of Elizabeth the Catholic, the "canciller mayor" and the bishop of Córdoba, Cuenca and Palencia. This Dominican was related to the convent of San Pablo in Valladolid, since he had performed his canonical studies there. Because of this, he founded the college near this house. The Papal bull that authorized the foundation was signed by Innocent VII on the 15th of December 1487. The works started in 1488 and they were finished in 1496. The college became an example in Theology studies. Some important figures such as Bartolomé de las Casas, Melchor Cano, Luis de Granada or Francisco de Vitoria stayed there. They founded bishoprics and universities in America and determined the Spanish position in the Council of Trent. The well-known Valladolid debate was developed in this college, where they argued the rights of the American indigenous on request of Charles I. In the 18th century, the illustrated politics of the Bourbons made that the college lost its influence. So, it started to decrease until the 19th century, when the college suffered several Napoleonic invasions during the War of Independence. It became definitely inoperative in 1835, when the decrees that suppressed almost all the Spanish male convents were applied. Since 1933, the building has served as the headquarters of the National Sculpture Museum.

Places

Valladolid (España)

localización:

Colegio de San Gregorio (Valladolid, España)

Mandates/Legal Sources

Description:

Real Decreto de 25 de julio de 1835 suprimiendo los monasterios y conventos de religiosos que no tengan 12 individuos profesos, de los cuales las dos terceras partes a lo menos sean de coro. BOE núm. 211, de 29 de julio de 1835, páginas 841 a 842.

Real Decreto de 11 de octubre de 1835 suprimiendo los monacales. BOE núm. 292, de 14 de octubre de 1835, página 1157.