Massimiliano Massimo Institute

Coordinates: 41°49′47.03″N 12°27′26.38″E / 41.8297306°N 12.4573278°E / 41.8297306; 12.4573278
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Massimiliano Massimo Institute
Catholic
Founded1551; 473 years ago (1551)
OversightJesuit
GenderCoeducational
Websitewww.istitutomassimo.it

The Massimiliano Massimo Institute (Istituto Massimiliano Massimo) is a

Jesuit school in Rome. It is considered one of the most prestigious and exclusive schools in Rome. The school, with over 10,000 former students, has one of the most prestigious alumni registries in Italy
.

History

Its roots are in the School of Grammar, Humanities and Christian Doctrine, a small school set up in Via Nuova Capitolina (now Via dell'Aracœli) by

Ignatius Loyola in 1551. That school proved a success and so pope Gregory XIII ordered the construction of a larger institution, which opened on 28 October 1584 as the Roman College. In this and other Jesuit colleges was written the 1559 Ratio Studiorum, a document which is still the basis of the teaching methods in Jesuit schools. Those methods were followed in the Roman College until the Jesuits' suppression in 1773 and were restored with the order in 1814 by Pope Pius VII
.

In 1870 the Italian government confiscated the building for the

co-ed
.

The institute participates in many sports, both in the schools league and the sports associations, such as hockey, long jump, athletics, weightlifting, racing, and basketball. It is also the headquarters of the Student Missionary League, a Jesuit movement for the spiritual training of secondary students, organising meetings and work camps in preparation for confirmation of those in and above their third year at secondary school.

Notable alumni

Each year the school's Alumni Association awards a prize to an alumnus who has shown particular distinction in their professional, cultural, or social life and maintained their relationship with the Institute and the

Society of Jesus, or to a staff member of the Society or Institute distinguished for their activity in teaching.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Awards

External links

41°49′47.03″N 12°27′26.38″E / 41.8297306°N 12.4573278°E / 41.8297306; 12.4573278

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