English Jesuit College at St Omer
- French: Eglise catholique Saint-Denis a Saint-Omer
- Address: Enclos Saint-Denis
- Vicinity: Rue Saint-Bertin
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1593/00/00 | Society of Jesus | Vocation | The English Jesuit College at St Omer is established in Flanders by Robert Parsons to provide a religious education for Catholics who are subject to penal legislation in England. | |||
1599/00/00 | King Philip of Spain becomes the patron of The English Jesuit College at St Omer in the Spanish Netherlands. | |||||
1615/08/01 | Construction begins on a new chapel at the English Jesuit College. | |||||
1626/10/05 | Structural work at Saint-Denis de Saint-Omer is completed. | |||||
1640/00/00 | Society of Jesus | Vocation | Saint-Denis de Saint-Omer, the Chapel at the English Jesuit College is completed. | |||
1640/06/30 | Saint-Denis de Saint-Omer is attacked. The staircase of La Tribune is smashed and the windows are badly damaged. | |||||
1677/00/00 | Saint-Denis de Saint-Omer is hit with four cannon balls. | |||||
1694/00/00 | Thomas Gardiner | Died | Thomas Gardiner dies at about age 29 at the College of St Omer in Saint-Omer, Kingdom of France. | |||
1762/00/00 | Society of Jesus | Vocation | The Jesuit College at Saint-Omer is closed following the expulsion of Society of Jesus by Louis XV. The Jesuit faculty and many of the students flee to the Austrian Netherlands, moving first to Bruges and then to Liege. | |||
1763/00/00 | King Louis XV continues the college at St Omer, under the Christian Doctrine Fathers. | |||||
1793/00/00 | During the French Revolution, the English faculty and students are imprisoned until February 1795. Once released, some of the staff and most of the 100 remaining students return to England. |
Particulars for English Jesuit College at St Omer: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Building Type | Church |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
Historic Use | School |
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