English College of St Gregory

The English College of St Gregory was a Roman Catholic seminary in Seville, Spain. It was founded by the English Jesuit Robert Persons in 1592, when Roman Catholicism was illegal in England, to provide his native country with priests. The dedication of the college to St Gregory recalls the Gregorian mission of AD 596, which resulted in the Anglo-Saxons being converted to Christianity. In 1596, in Seville, Persons wrote Memorial for the Reformation of England,[1] concerning how England might be returned to the Roman Catholic faith.

The institution was short of funds, but it was supported by the Jesuits until Charles III expelled the order from Spain in 1767.[2] Its assets were then transferred to the English College, Valladolid, which had also been founded by Persons. This continued to function under the protection of the Spanish crown.

See also

References
  1. A Memoriall for the Reformation of England conteyning certayne notes and advertisements which seeme might be proposed in the first parliament and nationall councell of our country after God of his mercie shall restore it to the catholique faith [...]; gathered and set downe by R. P., 1596. Houliston, Victor. "Persons, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21474. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Martin Murphy, St Gregory's College, Seville 1592-1767, Catholic Record Society, 1992


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.