 Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom Petrus Pazmanus founded Collegium Posoniense on September 11, 1626, with the approval of the 6th Jesuit Superior General Mutio Vitelleschi and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.The current building was designed by Ödön Lechner and built in 1906-08.Few years later its "chapel", today known as Church of St. Elisabeth (Bratislava), was added.