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English College
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Rome, founded, 1579, by a Bull of Gregory XIII and entrusted to the Jesuits, after whose suppression, 1773, its administration was handed over to secular priests. It was suppressed, 1797, at the time of the French invasion vf Rome, but was revived, 1818, and placed under English secular clergy. With Douai and the other continental seminaries, the college helped to keep the faith alive in England during the days of persecution and supplied priests for the English mission. It is immediately subject to the Holy See, which is represented by a cardinal protector. The immediate superiors are the rector, appointed by the pope on the recommendation of the English hierarchy, and the vice-rector appointed by the rector. The college does not exercise its faculty of conferring degrees, the students taking degrees in philosophy and theology at the Roman College. Among its illustrious students have been Robert Southwell, S.J., Thomas Tichborne, S.J., and Card. Wiseman.
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Entry for 'English College'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/e/english-college.html. 1910.
