At the general chapter of Rome in 1694 Antonin Cloche, Master General of the Dominican Order, reaffirmed the College of St. Thomas as the "studium generale" of the Roman province of the Order.We institute as a "studium generale" of this province...the Roman College of St. Thomas at our convent of Santa Maria sopra MinervaAt this time the College became an international centre of Thomistic specialization open to members of various provinces of the Dominican Order and to other ecclesiastical students, local and foreign.