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Saint Thomas Academy founded in Minnesota

When
1885
Where
Mendota Heights, Minnesota
Episodes
1

Saint Thomas Academy was founded as Saint Thomas Seminary by Archbishop John Ireland on September 8, 1885. The institution is currently an all-male, Catholic military high school located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, though it moved to its current campus in 1965.

Episodes

  1. 1885-09-08 · Mendota Heights, MinnesotaFounding of Saint Thomas Seminary

    Archbishop John Ireland founded Saint Thomas Seminary on September 8, 1885, establishing the institution that would become Saint Thomas Academy.

Background and detail

Background. Saint Thomas Academy is an all-male, Catholic military high school in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. It was first founded as Saint Thomas Seminary by Archbishop John Ireland on September 8, 1885. The school moved to its current campus in Mendota Heights in 1965, though in a smaller iteration. The academy includes a middle school for grades 6–8 and a high school for grades 9–12.

Founding. The institution was established as Saint Thomas Seminary by Archbishop John Ireland on September 8, 1885. This founding date is explicitly supported by the source material. The school later became known as Thomas Military Academy and is currently located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, a city in Dakota County.

People involved

Sources

  1. Saint Thomas Academy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
  2. Mendota Heights, Minnesota Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12

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