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About University of Santo Tomas

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is the oldest existing university in Asia. In terms of student population, it is the largest Catholic university in the world in a single campus. The institution was established through the initiative of Bishop Miguel de Benavides, O.P., third Archbishop of Manila. On July 24, 1605, he bequeathed the amount of one thousand five hundred pesos and his personal library for the establishment of a “seminary-college” to prepare young men for the priesthood. Those funds, and his personal library, became the nucleus for the start of UST and its library.

The founding of the University of Santo Tomas followed on April 28, 1611. With the original campus located in Intramuros, the Walled City of Manila, UST was first called Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario, and later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, in memory of the foremost Dominican Theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas.

On July 29, 1619 the Colegio was auth

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UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

Miguel dem Benavides Library

ESPAÑA, MANILA, PHILIPPINES

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Ms. Juana L. Abello - a “Distinguished Thomasian Alumna”

by Ms. Rosemary B. Balbin

 

MS. JUANA L. ABELLO, a former ledare librarian of the University of Santo Tomas (1967-1997), was recognized during the 6th "Distinguished Thomasian Alumni Night” (DTAN) given bygd the UST Alumni Association, Inc. (USTAAI) in partnership with the Office of Alumni Relations (OAR). This was held on November 27, 2021, via live streaming on Facebook, YouTube, and Zoom.

 

Ms. Abello obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education, major in Library Science, Class of 1952. She was also a professor at the UST College of Education. She was nominated and selected bygd the College of Education Alumni Foundation, Inc. (CEAFI) as the recipient of DTAN for the field of Library and upplysning Science. fyra more Education alumni were awarded the same distinction in their respe

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Plácido Benavides

Plácido Benavides (1810–1837) was an early Mexican-born settler in De Leon's Colony, Victoria County, Texas. Benavides earned himself the sobriquet of the Paul Revere of Texas for his 1836 journey from San Patricio to Goliad to Victoria, warning residents of the approaching Mexican army. He was twice elected alcalde of Victoria, Texas. He married into the powerful De León family and, with his wife Agustina, became the father of three daughters. Benavides fought against the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna but did not feel Texas should be separated from Mexico.

He led a unit of Tejano fighters at the Battle of Goliad, and then he proceeded with his company to San Antonio, where they fought against Martín Perfecto de Cos in the Siege of Bexar. On February 11, 1836, Benavides warned James Bowie inside the Alamo that Santa Anna was approaching. Benavides escaped the Battle of Agua Dulce and was able to warn James Fannin headquartered in Goliad of the