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St. Ignatius College, Santiago (Spanish: Colegio San Ignacio Alonso Ovalle) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Santiago, Chile. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1856 and is run by the Jesuit St. Ignatius Foundation as a part of the Ignatian Educational Network of Chile, the Latin American Federation of Jesuit Colleges, and the Latin American Federation of the Society of Jesus (FLACSI).
The school is the second oldest private school in Santiago after Padres Franceses de Santiago.




History


In 1854, San Ignacio was founded by Jesuits from Buenos Aires at the behest of Rafael Valentín Valdivieso, Archbishop of Santiago. The school opened in 1854 in Santiago and within a year had 150 students. To the classroom building and Jesuit residence the Church of St. Ignatius was added in 1859.




Notable alumni



Rafael Araneda (1969) - TV presenter
Claudio Bravo (1936-2011) - painter
Carlos González Cruchaga (1921-2008) - bishop of Talca (1967-1996)
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850-1901) - President of Chile
Mariano Fernandez (1945) - politician
Javier Ángel Figueroa (1862-1945) - lawyer and politician
Emiliano Figueroa (1866-1931) - President of Chile
Vicente Huidobro (1893-1948) - poet
Alberto Hurtado (1901-1952) - saint
Bernardo Leighton (1909-1995) - politician
Sergio Livingstone (1920-2012) - association football player
Pablo Longueira (1958) - politician
Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure (1878-1941) - lawyer and businessman
Carlos Walker Martínez (1842-1905) - politician
Juan Esteban Montero (1879-1948) - President of Chile
Jaime Ravinet (1946) - politician, businessman
Felipe Seymour (1987) - association football player
Julio Silva Solar (1926) - politician
Carlos Soto (1964) - association football player
Raimundo Tupper (1969-1995) - association football player
Gabriel Valdes (1919-2011) - politician




See also



Catholic Church in Chile
Education in Chile
List of Jesuit schools




References






External links


Official website

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• St. Ignatius College, Santiago
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• List of Jesuit educational institutions
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• Ignatius White
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