Colegio San Agustín (Chile)

Colegio San Agustin
Colegio San Agustin
Address
	Dublé Almeyda 4959; Nunoa; Santiago, Región Metropolitana; Chile
Coordinates	33°27′30.13″S 70°34′40″W / 33.4583694°S 70.57778°W
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Anima una et cor unum in Deum
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic;; Order of Saint Augustine
Patron saint(s)	Saint Augustine
Established	1885
Founder	Order of Saint Augustine's Chilean Province
Principal	Luis Romero
Number of students	1262
Language	Spanish
Campus size	50,000 square metres (5.0 ha)
Color(s)	Blue and yellow
Yearbook	Toma y Lee
Budget	2,285,928,546 CLP
Website	www.colegiosanagustin.cl

St. Augustine of Hippo as pictured during the Renaissance

Colegio San Agustin (Spanish for "St. Augustine School") in Santiago, Chile is an institution of learning specializing in elementary and secondary education founded in 1885.^[1] It is a private school that belongs to the Order of St. Augustine or OSA.^{[citation needed]}

Patron saint

The college is named after the 4th-century saint, St. Augustine of Hippo. Augustine is a key figure in the doctrinal development of Western Christianity and has been declared a "Doctor of the Church" by the Catholic Church. Augustine is often considered to be one of the theological fountainheads of the Protestant Reformation, because of his teachings on salvation and grace; Reformer Martin Luther was an Augustinian friar. Augustine was not a Biblical fundamentalist.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Aedo-Richmond, Ruth (2000). La educación privada en Chile: un estudio histórico-analítico desde el período colonial hasta 1990 (in Spanish). RIL Editores. p. 84. ISBN 978-956-284-136-8.

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[1] Aedo-Richmond, Ruth (2000). La educación privada en Chile: un estudio histórico-analítico desde el período colonial hasta 1990 (in Spanish). RIL Editores. p. 84. ISBN 978-956-284-136-8.

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