[1][2] It was built for Franciscans by the Perényi family from Perín after a big fire in 1333.

[2] When the Diocese of Košice was formed in 1804, the renovated Franciscan monastery became the St Charles Borromeo Seminary.

The statue of Saint Charles Borromeo, a patron of the seminary, is on its cupola.

The reliefs above the entrance, stone seats close to the altar and vaults above the sanctuary and former chancel (dedicated to Saint Nicholas) are original.

[3] The founder of the first University of Košice, the bishop of Eger, Benedikt Kisdy, was buried in the crypt under the main altar.