Seminary of Monte Corbán, Religious seminary in Santander, Spain

The Seminary of Monte Corbán occupies a former Hieronymite monastery begun in 1406 around the hermitage of Santa Catalina, in Santander. Its church has a single nave and Latin-cross plan with original walls; the small cloister is Gothic-Renaissance, the main doorway Baroque, and the new cloister and main staircase date from the late 18th century.

Pope Benedict XIII granted a bull in 1406 founding the Hieronymite monastery of Santa Catalina de Monte Corbán, and the two Jeronymite houses merged in 1421. After the monks were exclaustrated, the diocesan seminary was inaugurated on 15 October 1852, with José María García González as first rector. Bishop Manuel Arias Teijeiro de Castro left his library of some 1,700 books, mostly from the expelled Jesuits.

The seminary trains adult candidates for the priesthood of the Diocese of Santander, and its library holds some 1,700 books, most from the house of the expelled Jesuits, given to it by the government. Bishop José Eguino y Trecu was ordained in the seminary chapel on 31 March 1906. The building is not open to the public.

The seminary is not open to the public; the sources describe no regular visiting arrangement, so access must be arranged directly with the diocese of Santander. It stands at Monte Corbán on the edge of the city, near the Ciriego municipal cemetery. The complex is an active formation centre for adult candidates to the priesthood.

During the Spanish Civil War, the premises served as a concentration camp holding Republican prisoners until 1939. This dark period left lasting marks on the physical structure and historical memory of the place.