The Seminary Library is located in Via Jacopo Menocchio 26 – 27100 Pavia and is open to the public:
- in the days of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.00 to 12.00;
- The Thursday from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm;
- It remains closed on Saturdays and Sundays, on public holidays and in the month of August.
The Library has a collection of approximately 250,000 volumes, catalogued in Opac (online catalogue) and placed in various rooms and environments of the Seminary:
- Magazine room on the ground floor, from which you access the library;
- Consultation room, on the first floor where the librarian's office is located;
- Sala Segù, containing incunabula and volumes from the 15th to the 18th century;
- Sala Castelli, containing volumes on biblical, patristic, theological, liturgical, pastoral, artistic, philosophical, and local historical subjects from the 18th to the 21st century;
- Sala Gianani, containing volumes on religious, historical and literary subjects from the 19th to the 20th century;
- Sala Sant’Agostino, containing volumes on botanical, historical and literary subjects from the 18th to the 20th century;
- Sala Liceo, containing volumes on 20th-century Italian, Latin, and Greek literature.
The Library has numerous funds, including:
- Fondo Tosi, belonged to Luigi Tosi (Busto Arsizio 1763 – Pavia 1845);
- Fondo Radlinski, donated by Giuseppe Radlinski (Spoleto 1876 – Pavia 1961);
- Fondo Angelini, donated by Cesare Angelini (Albuzzano 1886 – Pavia 1976);
- Fondo Noè, donated by Virgilio Noè (Zelata 1922 – Rome 2011).
Contact
Librarian: Dr. Simone Pirola
Telephone: 0382 22609
E-mail: biblioteca@seminariopv.it