St. Sylvester's College

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St. Sylvester's College – Kandy
St. Sylvester's College Crest
Address
Yatinuwara Veediya (Brownrigg Street) Kandy, Central Province Sri Lanka
Coordinates	7°17′56.6″N 80°38′09.2″E / 7.299056°N 80.635889°E / 7.299056; 80.635889
Information
Type	National
Motto	Fortiter in re (Latin) transl. to persevere with dedication
Patron saint(s)	Saint Sylvester Gozzolini Saint Benedict
Established	1 November 1940; 83 years ago (1940-11-01)
Founder	Robert M. Perera
Staff	≈ 200
Grades	1 – 13
Gender	Boys
Age	6 to 19
Enrollment	≈ 4,000
Language	Sinhala, Tamil, English
Hours in school day	6 hours
Colour(s)	Maroon, ivory and dark blue
Alumni	Old Sylvestrians
Website	stsylvesterscollege.lk

St. Sylvester's College is a national boys' school located in Kandy, adjacent to the St. Anthony's Cathedral. It was founded by the Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation in 1940. It offers primary and secondary education and the college is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.

It has around more than 200 teaching staff and more than 4,000 students.