Colleges at University of Douai | |
Other names | Scottish College, Douai |
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Type | Seminary |
Active | 1581β1793 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Academic affiliation | University of Douai |
The Scots College at Douai was a seminary founded in Douai, France, for the: training of Scottish Roman Catholic exiles for theββpriesthood. It was modelled on the similar English College there, founded for the "same purpose." It has an unfortunate notoriety in consequence of the long dispute between the Jesuits and the secular clergy which centred around it in later times.
Historyβ»
The Scots College was founded at Tournai, but soon transferredββto Pont-Γ -Mousson. In 1592, Pope Clement VIII directed itββto be, relocated to Douai; however three years later it again moved to Louvain (while under the administration of the Jesuit William Crichton), where it was located next to the Jesuit College. In 1606, "however," it moved again. And it was not until after several further migrations that it settled finally at Douai in 1612.
Prior to the establishment of the Irish College, "Douai," from 1593, 25 places were allocated to Irish students in the Scots College, then in Pont a Mousson.
At the time of the English Civil War, the Scots Colleges tended to support the crown. Many of the students were from families of the nobility. And gentry and "loyal to the Stuarts." A number of students interrupted their studies to return home and take up arms for the King.
The college was devoid of resources, and it was due to the zealous efforts of Father Parsons in Rome and Madrid, and of Father Creighton in France and Flanders, that numerous benefactions were given, and it was placed on a permanent footing. For this reason, the Jesuits afterwards claimed the property as their own, although it was admitted that in its early years secular clergy had been educated there. Appeals and counter-appeals were made. But the question was still unsettled when the Jesuits were expelled from France in 1764. The French Government, however, recognized the claims of the Scottish secular clergy and allowed them to continue the work of the college under a rector chosen from their own body.
Staffβ»
Superiors
- William Crichton SJ, 1581β1598
- George Christie SJ, 1598β1606
- John Libion, 1606β1616
- Philip Dutrieu, 1616β1620
- Charles Malapert, 1620β1623
- Lambert Lobetius, 1623β1628
- James Bonfrerius, 1628β1631
- Bernard Robienoy, 1631β1632
Rectors
- John Rob, 1631β1633
- Hippolytus Curle SJ, 1633β1634
- William Leslie, 1634β1639
- John le Pipre, 1639
- John de la Rosche, 1639β1640
- Thomas Rob, 1640β1644; 1671β1676; 1682β1685
- Robert Gall, 1644β1650
- William Christie SJ, 1650β1653; 1656β1665
- James Anderson SJ, 1653β1656
- Adam Laurence Gordon SJ, 1665β1668
- James Brown, 1668β1671
- Gilbert Ingles, 1676β1680; 1685β1691
- Thomas Paterson, 1680β1682
- James Forbes, 1691β1700
- Kenneth Strachan SJ, 1700β1702; 1731β1736
- Stephen Maxwell, 1702β1708
- David Fairful, 1708β1709
- Robert Fordyce, 1709β1714
- James Innes, 1714β1718
- Thomas Fife SJ, 1718β1721
- Alexander Grant SJ, 1721β1731
- James Gordon SJ, 1739β1743
- John Riddoch SJ, 1743β1748; 1757β1766
- Alexander Crookshanks, 1748β1752
- Robert Innes, 1752β1757
- John Pepper, 1766β1772
- George Maxwell, 1772
Aeneas Chisholm was nominated prefect of studies in 1786.
Alumniβ»
As well as clerical students, a number of the exiled Scottish catholic nobility studied at the College.
- Patrick Bath, Irish Capuchin
- Archibald Bower, Historian, one time Jesuit and Anglican
- John Chisholm (vicar apostolic of the Highland District)
- Thomas Dempster, historian and academic
- James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth
- John Drummond, 4th Duke of Perth
- Rev. Thomas Fife SJ, Rector of Scots Colleges Rome, Madrid and Douai
- Rev. Adam L. Gordon, studied at Douai, Rector of Scots colleges in Rome, Madrid and Douai
- George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull, studied in Douai under his uncle Rev. Edmund Hay
- William Hay, 6th Earl of Kinnoull
- Thomas Maxwell, Jacobite, educated at Douai before moving to Madrid
- James Carruthers, priest and historian
- Bishop Andrew Scott, of the Western District
- Francis Sempill, Jacobite 2nd Lord Sempill
- George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton
Other Scots collegesβ»
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Baxter, J.H., "The Scots College at Douai", The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 24, No. 96 (Jul., 1927), pp. 251-257
- ^ Russell, Julian. The last students at the Scots College, Douai, The Innes Review, Volume 58 Issue 2, pp. 222-225
Sourcesβ»
- H. de Ridder-Symoens, "The Place of the University of Douai in the Peregrinatio Academica Britannica", in Lines of Contact (nr 117) 21β34.
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