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==References == | <p> A celebrated Roman [[Catholic]] college in East Lancashire, 10 m. N. of Blackburn; established in 1794 by certain [[Jesuit]] fathers who, after the suppression of their seminary at St. Omer, in France, by the Bourbons, took up their residence at [[Bruges]] and then at Liège, but fled thence to [[England]] during the Revolution, and accepted the shelter offered them at [[Stonyhurst]] by Mr. Weld of Lulworth; there are about 300 students, and upwards of 30 masters; a preparatory school has been established at Hodder, a mile distant; in 1840 was affiliated to the University of London, for the degrees of which its students are chiefly trained; retains in its various institutions many marks of its French origin. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_80074"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stonyhurst Stonyhurst from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80074"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stonyhurst Stonyhurst from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 15 October 2021
Stonyhurst [1]
A celebrated Roman Catholic college in East Lancashire, 10 m. N. of Blackburn; established in 1794 by certain Jesuit fathers who, after the suppression of their seminary at St. Omer, in France, by the Bourbons, took up their residence at Bruges and then at Liège, but fled thence to England during the Revolution, and accepted the shelter offered them at Stonyhurst by Mr. Weld of Lulworth; there are about 300 students, and upwards of 30 masters; a preparatory school has been established at Hodder, a mile distant; in 1840 was affiliated to the University of London, for the degrees of which its students are chiefly trained; retains in its various institutions many marks of its French origin.
