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The Collège de la Sagesse ( ar, کلیة الحکمة) is a
Lebanese Lebanese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic * Lebanese people The Lebanese people ( ar, الشعب اللبناني / ALA-LC: ', ) are the people inhabiting or originating from Lebanon. The term may al ...
major national and
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school founded in 1875 by the Maronite archbishop of
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
at the time, Joseph Debs who laid the first stone of the original building. The school originally known as l'École de la Sagesse ( ar, مدرسة الحکمة) is one of the oldest educational institutions in Lebanon and the region. The school offers programs leading to the Lebanese Baccalaureate and the French Baccalaureate. It serves ''toute petite section'' through ''terminale S'' (the final year of ''lycée'' or senior high school/sixth form college).Collège de la Sagesse
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. Retrieved on 18 September 2015. The campus included a famous Institut de Droit for higher education preparing lawyers after graduation from the college. In addition to a degree in Civil Law, the institute also offered Christian Canonical Law. The college boasts amongst its graduates some of the most prominent Lebanese political, religious and artistic personalities stretched on many decades.


Sagesse network

Sagesse is a renowned network of academic and technical institutions operating in Lebanon, administered by the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut, and teaching more than 9,000 students. The network includes schools, technical institutions, and a
university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...
. The school's historical main campus is in Ashrafieh, Beirut and is now known as Le Collège de la Sagesse Saint Joseph – Ashrafieh as St. Joseph is the patron saint of the school. The Sagesse school network comprises *Sagesse Saint-Joseph, the main campus in Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebano

*Sagesse Saint-Maron, main campus in
Jdeideh Jdeideh ( ar, جديدة المتن Romanization of Arabic, translit. al-Judaydat), also Jdayde, Jdaideh and Jdeidet el-Matn, is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Jdeideh ...
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Matn District Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district ('' qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is ...
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*Sagesse Saint-Élie, also known as Sagesse Clemenceau, in West Beiru

*Sagesse Saint Jean-Maron, campus in Ain El Remmaneh, Ain el-Remmaneh,
Baabda District Baabda District ( ar, قضاء بعبدا, transliteration: ''Qada' Baabda''), sometimes spelled ''B'abda'', is a district (''qadaa'') of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to the south and east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The region is als ...
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*Sagesse Saint-Jean, campus in Brasilia,
Baabda District Baabda District ( ar, قضاء بعبدا, transliteration: ''Qada' Baabda''), sometimes spelled ''B'abda'', is a district (''qadaa'') of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to the south and east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The region is als ...
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*Sagesse Sainte-Marie - providing
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and English language, English programs accredited by the Middle States Association of colleges and schools. * Sagesse High School,
Ain Saadeh Ain Saadeh ( ar, عين سعادة, also spelled Ain Saadée and Ain Saade) is a suburb located northeast of the capital Beirut in Lebanon. Demography Ain Saade is a traditional Christian village located in the mountains of Lebanon overlooking t ...
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Matn District Matn ( ar, قضاء المتن, '), sometimes spelled Metn (or preceded by the article El, as in El Matn), is a district ('' qadaa'') in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The district capital is ...
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Schools of higher learning associated with the school are L'Ecole Technique de la Sagesse that has two sections, in Achrafieh and Ain el Remmaneh. Université La Sagesse (containing 7 faculties) operates on two campuses in Beirut. Father Jean-Paul Abu Ghazalé currently serves as the principal of Sagesse Saint Joseph. The Sagesse network is currently running under the administration of Mgr.
Paul Youssef Matar Paul Youssef Matar (born 1 February 1941 in Naameh, Lebanon) was the former Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. The archeparchial seat is the city of Beirut, at the Saint George Cathedral. Life Paul Youssef Matar was born ...
, Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut.


See also

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Education in the Ottoman Empire The education The first stage of elementary education and teaching in the Ottoman Empire has been called as Sibyan Schools (Sibyan Mektepleri). The education system of Ottomans founded on Sıbyan Schools. Sibyan Schools was the first and the las ...
* Sagesse SC


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Collège de la Sagesse - Main and St. Joseph

Sagesse Saint Maron

Sagesse Saint Elie or Sagesse Clemenceau

Sagesse Saint Jean-Maron

Sagesse Saint Jean - Brasilia

Sagesse High School
{{DEFAULTSORT:College de la Sagesse French international schools in Lebanon Schools in Beirut Schools in Lebanon 1875 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Educational institutions established in 1875