St John Berchmans College ( nl, Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege) is a
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secondary school
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founded by the
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in
Brussels
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. It is situated close to
Chapel Church
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and is named after
John Berchmans
John Berchmans ( nl, Jan Berchmans ; 13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1615, the Jesuits opened a college at Mechelen and Berchmans was one of the first to enroll. His spiritual mo ...
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History
The school was founded by the Jesuits on 16 July 1604 and had 400 students that same year. However, in 1773, the Jesuits were ordered to cease providing educational services by
Pope Clement XIV. The school was closed on 20 September 1773. The furniture was confiscated and sold and in 1816, the building became a court house. Later, the
Belgian state archives were housed in the building. In 1891, the archives were moved and the building was razed to make way for a road.
In 1814, the Jesuits returned to Belgium and opened the French-speaking St Michael's College 19 years later in the Chapel Church area of the city. In 1905, the expanding population forced the Jesuits to not only expand the college but to also look for a location for a new college. In 1908, the college on Ursuline Street ( nl, Ursulinenstraat) was renamed as St John Berchmans College and the new college in the
Etterbeek part of the city became
St Michael's College. In 1912,
Saint John Berchmans Church was opened next to St Michael's College.
Starting in the late 1930s, a shift in language was made which would result in St John Berchmans College speaking Dutch and English and the French-speaking section of the college being transferred to St Michael's College.
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Notable former students
Former students of the college include:
* Henri Carton de Wiart
* Pieter De Crem
* Paul De Grauwe
* Lorenzo Gatto
* Jan Grauls
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* Bart Laeremans
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* Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
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* Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
* Prince Gabriel of Belgium
* Princess Eléonore of Belgium
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See also
* List of Jesuit sites in Belgium
* Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels
References
External links
St John Berchmans College site
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Secondary schools in Brussels
Jesuit secondary schools in Belgium