Saint Vincent

Saint Vincent is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Westmoreland County, dedicated 2014.

Westmoreland County · dedicated 2014 · Fraser Purchase Rd.

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Founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer on the site of a Catholic parish built in 1789, Saint Vincent Archabbey, College, and Seminary was the first institution in the US established by monks of the Order of Saint Benedict. The college was incorporated by the Commonwealth of Pa. in 1870 to provide both undergraduate and graduate education in the liberal arts and sciences. Ten abbeys and colleges in eight states trace their roots to Saint Vincent.

3.7 miles from where Samuel Morrison lived in the 1780s

what this marker records spans 1789 to 1870, overlapping Samuel Morrison's years here

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Saint Vincent

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