The Collège de Montaigu was one of the constituent

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s of the Faculty of Arts of the

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History

The college, originally called Collège des Aicelins, was founded in 1314 by

Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu :''This article is not about Gilles II Aycelin de Montaigu (d.1378)'' Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu or Montaigut (1252 – 23 June 1318), was a French Archbishop and diplomat who became Lord Chancellor of France. Biography Gilles I Aycelin de Mo ...

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and

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. It changed its name after it had been restored in 1388 by his relative

Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut or Montaigu, Montagu, known as Cardinal de Laon, born between 1320 and 1325 and died 8 November 1388, was a fourteenth-century French cardinal, who was the bishop of Nevers (1361–1371) and bishop of the Diocese of La ...

, Bishop of Nevers and Laon. In 1483

Jan Standonck Jan Standonck (or ''Jean Standonk''; 16 August 1453 – 5 February 1504) was a Flemish priest, Scholastic, and reformer. He was part of the great movement for reform in the 15th-century French church. His approach was to reform the recruitment ...

became Master of the College and made it prosper. Under his leadership and that of his disciple

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, Montaigu was one of the leading theological colleges of Paris. Students at the college included

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, and

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(before moving to Collège de Sainte-Barbe). Other notable students were the influential Portuguese teacher and diplomat

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. At least four Scots also attended: philosopher

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(who went on to teach

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there), historian

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, royal advocate Patrick Paniter and Reformer

John Knox John Knox ( gd, Iain Cnocc) (born – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Born in Giffordgat ...

. Another Scot, George Dundas, may have also attended. In his ''Colloquies''

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

left a memoire of his time at the College under Standonck. Erasmus was a privileged paying student, but his memories were not pleasant. In 1792, some of the buildings were converted into a hospital and a military prison. The prison was closed in 1836, and pulled down in 1842. In 1844-1850, the

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was constructed on the site.

References

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