Collège Sainte-Marie () was a

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, Canada. It ceased to exist in 1969, when it was merged into UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal).

History

Collège Ste-Marie was founded by

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s in 1848. It had an English sector, which called the school St. Mary's College but later became separate in 1896 as Loyola College. Ste-Marie never issued degrees. It relied on its affiliation with chartered universities to grant degrees but had full curriculum control. Ste-Marie was originally affiliated with

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until 1920, when it was affiliated with

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. The college originally offered secondary education as well as collegial studies.

Church

A portion of the original college remains as the Église du Gesù (Church of Gesu, named after the church where St. Ignatius of Loyola is buried), which was originally the college chapel. Built in 1865 and designed by Irish architect

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, it is one of the oldest religious buildings in Montreal.Gesu Web site (in French)
Also housed in the structure is the Salles du Gesù, Montreal's oldest theatre.

Notable alumni

* Leo Dandurand *

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* Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, former puisne justice of the

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* Arthur Farrell * Yves Fortier (lawyer) * André Laurendeau * Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu * Léon-Mercier Gouin * Lucien L'Allier * Michael J. McGivney * Jean Prévost *

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* Guy Sylvestre, Jean-Guy Sylvestre, former head of the

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* Charles-Émile Trudeau * Arthur Turcotte

Notable faculty

* François-Maximilien Bibaud * Adélard Joseph Boucher * Joseph-A. Fowler * Jean-Baptiste Labelle

References

Bibliography

L'Encyclopédie de l'histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia - Collège Sainte-Marie, Montréal
*Cinq-Mars, Jean. ''Histoire du Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, 1848-1969''. Montréal : Hurtubise HMH, 1998. 516 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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External links

Association des anciens élèves du collège Sainte-Marie
(The college's alumni association)
Salles du GesùThe Church of Le Gesù de Montréal
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