The Pontifical French Priestly Seminary (lat .: Pontificium Seminarium Gallicum in Urbe, French: Séminaire Pontifical Français de Rome, abbreviation: Gallicum) is a French-speaking priestly seminar in Rome
The Gallicum was founded in 1853 by Louis-Marie Lannurien (1823-1854) by the Order Community of the Spiritans. Since 1856, the seminary has been based in a former convent of the Poor Clares with the church of Santa Chiara, in 1890 a comprehensive renovation of the buildings took place.
The pact of Pope Pius IX. recognized seminary was in 1902 by Pope Leo XIII. to the Pontifical Seminary.
The seminar is under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church of France; the study program will be held at the Pontifical University of Gregoriana. Since 2000, Yves-Marie Fradet has been CSSp rain of the priest seminar.
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