Real Colegio Seminario del Corpus Christi

The Real Colegio Seminario del Corpus Christi (Real College of Corpus Christi) is a former Roman Catholic seminary, now museum, on calle de la Nau in the Spanish city of Valencia in the old city opposite La Nau, the former Universidad Literaria. The college complex was built between 1586 and 1615 and now hosts the little-known Museum of the Patriarch.[1][2]

College of Corpus Christi and the Patriarch Museum.

The Patriarch, Real College and the Seminary of Corpus Christi are a church, a seminary and a college, respectively. Work on the buildings began in 1586 and finished in 1610. It is structured around a large renaissance cloister enclosing the church, the communion chapel, the library, the sleeping quarters and the classrooms. There is another courtyard at the back and a small belfry is located in the corner of the plaza.[2]

Archbishop Juan de Ribera of Valencia, who built the College, arranged housing there for the Franciscan nun, mystic Sr. Margarita Agullona (1536 - 1600) so he could bear witness to her mystical raptures and for 25 years. When she died, he had her remains moved there. "He ordered in February 1605, that the body of the Venerable, who was incorrupt, be moved, and arranged that a burning lamp always burned before her sepulcher."[3]

The Patriarch, has been a National Monument since 1962 and it became a Monument of Cultural Interest in 2007, and remains an excellent example of Renaissance architecture. Of special note in the Patriarch Museum are paintings by Caravaggio, El Greco, Van Der teyden, Benlliure, Ribalta and Pinazo, as well as an original manuscript by Sir Thomas More.[1]


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  1. Daniel Izquierdo Hänni DuMont direkt Valencia 2011 Page 74 "Museo del Patriarca 11–13.30 Uhr, Eintritt 1,20 € Nur wenige Valencianos – und noch weniger Touristen – wissen, dass sich hinter den hohen Mauern des Seminargebäudes El Patriarca eine kleine, aber bedeutende Pinakothek versteckt. Der Real Colegio Seminario del Corpus Christi wurde zwischen 1586 und 1610 erbaut und diente als königliche Seminarschule."
  2. "Museum of the Patriarch". www.visitvalencia.com. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  3. "Margarita Agullona (Agulló) | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 2020-02-22.


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