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Colegio De Santa Isabel

Colegio De Santa Isabel

Location: Naga City, Camarines Sur (Region V)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: School
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

COLEGIO DE SANTA ISABEL

THE RT. REV. FRANCISCO C. GAINZA, O.P., BISHOP OF NUEVA CACERES (1862–1879), WAS THE PROMOTER AND FOUNDER OF THIS COLLEGE NAMED IN HONOR OF SAINT ISABEL, QUEEN OF HUNGARY. IT WAS SOLEMNLY BLESSED AND OPENED SEPTEMBER 18, 1870. BY A ROYAL DECREE OF JANUARY 11, 1872, IT BECAME THE FIRST NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN THE PHILIPPINES. DURING ITS EXISTENCE FROM 1877 TO 1898, THREE HUNDRED STUDENTS WERE GRADUATED.

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