Ateneo
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The name Ateneo is the official title for Jesuit institutions of learning in the Philippines.
The word "Ateneo" is the Spanish form of "Athenaeum". The Dictionary of Classical Antiquities thus explains "Atheneaum":
- The name of the first educational institution at Rome, built by Hadrian about 135 A.D.... There rhetoricians and poets held their recitations, and salaried professors gave their lectures in the various branches of general liberal education, philosophy and rhetoric, as well as grammar and jurisprudence.
The following is a list of Ateneo schools, with their year of establishment. (Note that these schools are not officially affiliated in any way other than being administered by the Jesuits.)
| Seal | School | Established |
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Ateneo de Manila University | 1859 |
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Ateneo de Zamboanga University | 1912 |
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Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan | 1933 |
| Ateneo de Tuguegarao | 1938 (closed in the late 1950s) | |
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Ateneo de Naga University | 1940 |
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Ateneo de Davao University | 1948 |
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Ateneo de San Pablo | 1950s (closed in 1978) |
