The Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogotá
COLOMBIA,
1973, the 350th anniversary of the Pontifical
Xaverian University, Scott C581-82
Founded in 1623, one year after the canonization of St. Francis Xavier, the "Xaverian Academy," as it was called then, was the fourth university in America. At the end of its 350 years, the university had almost 9000 students.
COLOMBIA, 2006, the 500th anniversary of Xavier's birth
beside the statue of Xavier is the entrance to the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá,
the inscription over the door 1623 Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum
Wisdom has built herself a house
COLOMBIA, 1980, 50th anniversary of the Law Faculty of the University,
Scott 887
St. Bartholomew College, Caracas
SPAIN, 1979, Scott 2172 and COLOMBIA,
1988, Scott 984
St. Bartholomew's College Colombia, a Jesuit school, has given that nation at least 23 of its presidents.
St. Peter Claver Church, Cartagena
COLOMBIA, 1954, the 3rd centenary of the Jesuit
Church of St. Peter
Claver, Scott C258
COLOMBIA, 1983, the 450th anniversary of Cartagena,
Scott C740A-B
1990, Scott C819
The Jesuit church dedicated to St. Peter Claver is recognizable by its domes. It is the place of his tomb, dedicated to his honor, and the work goes on there in the hands of fellow Jesuits.