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Universidad de Sta. Isabel

Naga, Italy

Universidad de Sta. Isabel

Universidad de Sta. Isabel de Naga, Inc., ([juːnɪvɚˈsɪdæd deɪ ˈsænta ˌɪˈseɪbɛl deɪ ˈnɑːgə ˌɪŋk], en) (English: University of St. Isabel in Naga, Inc.) (USI, formerly Colegio de Sta. Isabel) is a private Catholic university run by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul in Naga, Camarines Sur

, Philippines. It was founded by the Rt Rev. Francisco Gainza, O.P., Bishop of Caceres, in 1868 as the first normal school for women in Asia, named in honor of the university's patron, St. Isabel, Queen of Hungary. Queen Isabella II's Royal Decree in 1867 opened Escuela-Colegio de Sta. Isabel (ESCI) in 1868 under the Diocese of Cáceres of Rt Rev. Francisco Gainza's episcopate in Nueva Cáceres. ECSI introduced the Escuela Normal de Maestra in 1872, founding the first normal school for women in Asia, named in honor of the university's patron, St. Isabel, Queen of Hungary. Three years later, ESCI was renamed to Colegio de Sta. Isabel (CSI). In 1898, it housed the interim government for Elias Angeles' regional rebellion. Americanized with secular Thomasite instruction in 1901, the colonial-era curriculum was gradually diluted yet CSI retained its primary Vincentian doctrines. During World War...

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