 Newly returned from the Council of Trent, and under the influence of Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, Cardinal Marco Antonio Amulio (1562–1572) began, in 1564, a plan to establish a seminary in Rieti.His plan was modest, a student body of twenty-six, with an appropriate number of teachers of the humanities, philosophy, and theology.The original location of the institution was the former Palace of the Podestà.