Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of Palacký University, Olomouc, Catholic theological faculty in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
The Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, the oldest faculty of Palacký University, has its historic seat in the former Jesuit seminary of St Francis Xavier on Univerzitní street in Olomouc. It also uses part of the former school Na Hradě and a building of former colleges on Kateřinská street. Its ten departments and two centres cover philosophy, biblical sciences, church history, canon law and social health.
The faculty began as the theology department of the Jesuit college founded in Olomouc in 1573; it became a separate faculty in 1630, and its first theology doctors were promoted in 1596. Closed by the Nazis in 1939–1945, it joined the restored Palacký University in 1946, was abolished in 1950, and was renewed by law 163/1990 on 8 October 1990.
The faculty is named after Cyril and Methodius, the ninth-century missionaries from Thessaloniki who devised the Glagolitic alphabet for the Slavic liturgy. Its patron saints are also the patrons of Europe, and the faculty's statutes place its teaching under the supervision of the Archbishop of Olomouc, who serves as its grand chancellor.
The faculty's historic seat is the former Jesuit seminary of St Francis Xavier on Univerzitní street; it also uses part of the former school Na Hradě and former college buildings on Kateřinská street. The main entrance of the Univerzitní building faces the street in the old town, a short walk from the university square.
The faculty maintains links with the Pontifical College Nepomuceno in Rome, where selected priesthood candidates receive further formation. This international connection allows students to deepen their education within a globally networked spiritual context.
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