About Saint Vincent College

Saint Vincent College is a private Benedictine educational in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, Germany. It is operated by the Benedictine monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, which was also founded by Wimmer.

Latrobe /ləˈtroʊb/ is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States and allowance of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

The city population was 8,338 as of the 2010 census (9,265 in 1990). It is located close Pennsylvania’s scenic Chestnut Ridge. Latrobe was incorporated as a borough in 1854, and as a city in 1999. The current mayor is Rosemarie M. Wolford.

Latrobe is the home of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the Latrobe Brewery (the native brewer of Rolling Rock beer), and Saint Vincent College. Latrobe was the home of golfer Arnold Palmer. It was the childhood home of children’s television personality Fred Rogers. The banana split was invented there by David Strickler in 1904. Latrobe is also house to the training camp of the six-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Latrobe was long approved as the site of the first professional American football game in 1895 until research proved otherwise.