Spanish Catholic priest Joseph Calasanz started the first public and free school in Europe.
Calasanz founded the “Pious Schools,” the first free school in Frascati, Italy, which Pope Paul V accepted to help encourage education for the poor.
Spanish Catholic priest Joseph Calasanz started the first public and free school in Europe.
Calasanz founded the “Pious Schools,” the first free school in Frascati, Italy, which Pope Paul V accepted to help encourage education for the poor.