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10-27-2009, 05:10 PM
The authorities of the oldest university in the Americas, the present-day Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo have unveiled a copy of the papal edict that created the university. It is dated 28 October 1538. The historical document can be seen at the Museum of the Rector and finally puts an end to the debate that questioned the Dominican Republic's claim to having the first university in the New World. The edict, "In Apostulatus Culmine" was issued by Pope Paul III.
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