Francois (Francis) Anglade (1758-1834), was a French priest and academic, who was exiled following the French revolution and moved to Ireland.

Life

Pre-revolution

Anglade from

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(in Occitan, Milhau), studied at the College of Rodez before going to Paris where he graduated from the Sorbonne in Theology and Philosophy, and became a Professor of Divinity at the

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, Sorbonne, in 1791, just before the revolution.

Exile in Wales

Finding refuge in Britain, he worked as a gardener for a Protestant family in Wales,170 Years, Presentation Nuns in Maynooth Town
by Henry Flynn, Kildare History, www.kildare.ie, August 2, 2018. where he would regularly return to holiday while teaching in Maynooth, maintaining his passion for gardening he would return with plants unavailable in Ireland for the college.

Professor at Maynooth

In 1802, he was appointed the professor of Logic and Metaphysics and Ethics, at the newly established Royal College, of St. Patrick, Maynooth, Ireland, succeeding fellow French exile

André Darré André (Andrew) Darré (1750–1833) was a French priest and academic. He was one of the four exiles from France, the others being professors Francois Anglade, Louis-Gilles Delahogue, and Pierre-Justin Delort, sometimes called the French "founding ...

. In 1810 he moved to the chair of Moral Theology succeeding his fellow Frenchman, Sorbonne alumni, and faculty,

Louis-Gilles Delahogue Louis-Gilles Delahogue (1739-1827) was a French priest and academic, who was exiled following the French Revolution and moved to Ireland. His surname particularly in French is sometimes written as ''De La Hogue''. Delahogue graduated from the Sorbon ...

who recommended him. He wrote the moral theology textbook that was used in Maynooth. Anglade was one of the four exiles from France the others being

(Sorbonne, Paris),

(Toulouse), and Pierre-Justin Delort (Bordeaux), sometimes called the French "founding fathers" of Maynooth. Anglade was credited with bringing the

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to Maynooth, setting up their school in the former Charter School and assisted with the building of the convent chapel in 1832. The Presentation Sisters would later provide laundry services to the college, and a hostel for sisters studying in Maynooth. Anglade, along with Delahouge, Brown, and

John MacHale John MacHale ( ir, Seán Mac Éil; 6 March 1789 (or 1791) – 7 November 1881) was the Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, and Irish nationalist. He laboured and wrote to secure Catholic Emancipation, legislative independence, justice for te ...

, were signatories to the because of the two French clerics, the so-called ''Sorbonne Manifesto'', in Maynooth, which stated that the training they gave to priests in Maynooth was not in conflict with the government.

Legacies and death

Anglade was the executor of Delahogue's will. Charles McNally Bishop of Clogher was executor of Anglade's will, his papers were placed in the Clogher Diocesean Archive.Clogher Diocesan Archives
by John Forsythe,

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, Vol. 43 (1988), pp. 3-24 (22 pages). Published By: Catholic Historical Society of Ireland He remained in Maynooth until his death in 1834, and he is buried in the college cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anglade, Francois 1758 births 1834 deaths Academics of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Burials at Maynooth College Cemetery 17th-century French Roman Catholic priests 18th-century French Roman Catholic priests French expatriates in Ireland University of Paris alumni