Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico

Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico

Infobox University
name = Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico
native_name = Real y Pontificia Universidad de México


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established = 21 September 1551
closed = 1867
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affiliation = Roman Catholic
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city = Mexico City
country = Mexico
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The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico (in _es. Real y Pontificia Universidad de México) was founded on 21 September 1551 by Royal Decree signed by Charles I of Spain, in Valladolid, Spain.citeweb |last = Olvera Arce | first = Guillermo | title = Real y Pontificia Universidad de México | url = http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=5813&tabla=nuestromundo | publisher = El Universal (Mexico City) | date = 2000-05-20 | language = Spanish |] It is generally considered as the first university founded in North America after the University of Santo Domingo.citeweb | author = Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo | title = Historia de la universidad| url = http://www.uasd.edu.do/website/detalles/informacion_general.html | language = Spanish | quote = La Universidad de Santo Domingo fue creada mediante la Bula In Apostolatus Culmine, expedida el 28 de octubre de 1538, por el Papa Paulo III, la cual elevó a esa categoría el Estudio General que los dominicos regenteaban desde el 1518, en Santo Domingo, sede virreinal de la colonización y el más viejo establecimiento colonial del Nuevo Mundo. |]

After the Mexican War of Independence it was renamed as University of Mexico. It was closed in the years of 1833, 1857, 1861 and 1865, the main reason being that it was not well regarded by the liberals, who called it an example of cultural lag. During the French intervention, the University was reopened by Maximilian of Mexico and then closed for good. Scattered institutions, mainly civil colleges founded by the liberals and religious establishments outside Mexico City, continued without interruption. Some of those Institutions, like the Medicine School and the Royal School of Mining would later be reorganized in the newly created University by Justo Sierra in 1910, the UNAM.

Notable alumni

*Bartolomé de Alva, Roman Catholic secular clergyman and Nahuatl translator.
*Agustín Dávila Padilla (1562 - 1604), chronicler of the Dominican Order and its missions in America up to the end of the 16th century.

Notable faculty

*Juan José Eguiara y Eguren (? - 1763), Roman Catholic bishop and scholar who served as its rector.
*Francisco Cervantes de Salazar (1514? – 1575), distinguished writer who served twice as rector during its early years.
*Alonso Gutiérrez (1507 - 1584), Augustinian philosopher, historian and intellectual figure.
*Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (1645 – 1700), cartographer, historian and philospoher of the late 17th century.

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