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Jesuit Educational Model (Early Period)

Type Object Region Europe Time 1540

The early Jesuit educational model was a 16th-century school system combining humanist curriculum, spiritual exercises, and central discipline, with …

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  1. 1540–1548Messina · MessinaAfter papal approval of the Society of Jesus in 1540, Ignatius sent Jesuits to found the first free public school in Messina in 1548, with Latin, Greek, and humanist classics as the core curriculum, establishing the college-based mission model.
  2. c. 1541–1550Rome · RomeIn the 1540s Ignatius planned the predecessor of the Roman College in Rome, while Jesuits such as Francis Xavier combined education with mission in Goa (1542) and elsewhere, forming an early educational model uniting spiritual exercises, classical humanities, and mission dispatch.

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