Actually, that's the second oldest. Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino (Santo Domingo, La Hispaniola) was founded by papal decree over a decade earlier, but it w

Actually, that's the second oldest. Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino (Santo Domingo, La Hispaniola) was founded by papal decree over a decade earlier, but it wasn't officially recognised by the king of Spain until 1558. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Santo_Tomás_de_Aquino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Santo_Tomás_de_Aqu...