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St. Stephen Seminary

St. Stephen Seminary
Original function:
seminary
Current function:
n/a
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Nagyszombat, Trnava 
Address:
Mikuláša Schneidra-Trnavského 1-3,
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.378466, 17.589445
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History

Archbishop Pázmány Péter of Esztergom established the seminary for training priests in 1631. After the seat of the archbishopric moved back to Esztergom, a boy's orphanage opened in the building.

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