Editing Santa Maria sopra Minerva (section)

===College of Saint Thomas===
The late 16th century saw the ''studium'' at Santa Maria sopra Minerva undergo transformation. Thomas Aquinas, who had been canonized in 1323 by Pope [[John XXII]], was proclaimed the fifth Latin [[Doctor of the Church]] by [[Pius V]] in 1567. In his honor, in 1577 the Spanish Dominican Msgr. [[Juan Solano]], O.P., former bishop of Cusco, Peru, funded the reorganization of the ''studium'' at the convent of Santa Maria sopra Minerva on the model of the [[Colegio de San Gregorio|College of St. Gregory at Valladolid]] in his native Spain.<ref>{{cite book|first=Carlo |last=Longo O.P.|title=La formazione integrale domenicana al servizio della Chiesa e della società |work=Atti del Congresso internazionale, Pontificia università S. Tommaso, Roma, 23-24 Novembre 1994 |publisher= Edizioni Studio Domenicano|year= 1996|chapter=J. Solano O.P. (1505 c.-1580) e la fondazione del "collegium S. Thomae de Urbe" (1577)|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gMW2uqe2MCwC|access-date= 2011-04-21|language=it|isbn=9788870942460}}</ref>  The result of Solano's initiative, which underwent structural change shortly before Solano's death in 1580, was the College of Saint Thomas ({{langx|la|Collegium Divi Thomae}}) at Santa Maria sopra Minerva. The college occupied several existing convent structures, and new construction was required. At that time the convent underwent considerable reconstruction to accommodate the college and the cloister was redesigned so that side chapels could be added to the church's northern flank. A detail from the [[Giambattista Nolli|Nolli Map]] of 1748 gives some idea of the disposition of buildings when the Minerva convent housed the College of St. Thomas.