The
College of Juilly (
FrenchFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
:
Collège de Juilly is a Catholic
private teaching establishmentThe French educational system is highly centralized, organized, and ramified. It is divided into three different stages:* primary education ;* secondary education ;...
located on the commune of
JuillyJuilly is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne departement in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...
, in
Seine-et-MarneSeine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...
(France). Directed by the
French OratoriansThe Society of the Oratory of Jesus , also known as French Oratory, is a catholic Congregation founded in 1611 in Paris by Pierre de Bérulle...
, it was created in 1638 by the congregationists headed by Father Charles de Condren.
According to the legend,
Saint GenevièveSt Genevieve , in Latin Sancta Genovefa, from Germanic keno and wefa , is the patron saint of Paris in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition...
stopped in the village of Juilly in 470, and a water source suddenly emerged where she prayed. The spot quickly became a
pilgrimageIn religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of many major religions participate in pilgrimages...
place, and the College was built around it.
The
College of Juilly (
FrenchFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
:
Collège de Juilly is a Catholic
private teaching establishmentThe French educational system is highly centralized, organized, and ramified. It is divided into three different stages:* primary education ;* secondary education ;...
located on the commune of
JuillyJuilly is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne departement in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...
, in
Seine-et-MarneSeine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...
(France). Directed by the
French OratoriansThe Society of the Oratory of Jesus , also known as French Oratory, is a catholic Congregation founded in 1611 in Paris by Pierre de Bérulle...
, it was created in 1638 by the congregationists headed by Father Charles de Condren.
According to the legend,
Saint GenevièveSt Genevieve , in Latin Sancta Genovefa, from Germanic keno and wefa , is the patron saint of Paris in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition...
stopped in the village of Juilly in 470, and a water source suddenly emerged where she prayed. The spot quickly became a
pilgrimageIn religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it is a journey to a shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. Members of many major religions participate in pilgrimages...
place, and the College was built around it. An
abbeyAn abbey , is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community....
established itself there during the 12th century, while
Blanche of CastileBlanche of Castile , wife of Louis VIII of France. She was born in Palencia, Spain, the third daughter of Alfonso VIII, king of Castile, and of Eleanor of England...
, the mother of
Saint-LouisLouis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was a member of the House of Capet, the son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile...
, decided in the 13th century to establish there an orphanage which hosted the children of those knights killed during the Crusades.
Joan of ArcSaint Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, claiming divine guidance, and was indirectly responsible for the coronation of Charles VII...
might have sojourned there while coming back from Orleans.
The monks quit the abbey in 1637 and handed it out to the Oratorians, who created an internship for the education of the
French nobilityThe nobility in France, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, had specific legal and financial rights, and prerogatives.The first official list of these prerogatives was established relatively late, under Louis XI after 1440 and included the right to hunt, the right to wear a sword and...
. The abbey then became a Royal Academy, and retains to this day the three fleur-de-lys on its arm. The Juilly College also served many times as a war hospital.
It host a beautiful library notably composed of a reproduction of the
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, which was offered to La Fayette, as well as
DiderotDenis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie....
's original
EncyclopédieEncyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements and revisions in 1772, 1777 and 1780 and numerous foreign editions and later derivatives.Its introduction, the Preliminary...
.
Former famous students
- Antoine Pierre Berryer
Antoine Pierre Berryer was a French advocate and parliamentary orator. He was the twelfth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1852.-Early years:...
(1790-1868)
- Henri de Boulainvilliers
Henri de Boulainvilliers was a French writer and historian. Educated at the college of Juilly, he served in the army until 1697...
(1658-1722)
- Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century....
(1621-1695)
- Montesquieu (1689-1755)
- James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick was a French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. In 1695 he married Honora Burke, the daughter of William Bourke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and the widow of the 1st Earl of...
(1660-1734)
- Alexandre-Étienne Choron
Alexandre-Étienne Choron for a short time directed the Paris Opera. He played an essential role in France in making a clear distinction between sacred and secular music, and was one of the originators of French interest in musicology.- Biography :Choron studied mathematics at the collège de Juilly...
(1771-1834)
- Barthélemy de Villars
- Jérôme Bonaparte
Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte, French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort was the youngest brother of Napoleon, who made him king of Westphalia...
(1784-1860)
- Claude Sosthène Grasset d'Orcet (1828-1900)
- Jean Fourastié
Jean Fourastié was a French economist, notable for having coined the expression Trente Glorieuses to describe the period of prosperity that France experienced from the end of World War II until the 1973 oil crisis .-Biography:Fourastié received his...
(1907-1990) (inventor of the expression Trente GlorieusesLes Trente Glorieuses refers to the thirty years from 1945-1975 following the end of the Second World War in 1945 in France. The name was first used by the French demographer Jean Fourastié...
)
- Claude Brasseur
-Biography:He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He is the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur....
(1936)
- Jacques Mesrine
Jacques Mesrine was a French criminal who was also briefly active in the United States and Canada.- Early events :...
(1936-1979)
- Louis Coudray
- Étienne-Denis Pasquier
Étienne-Denis, duc de Pasquier was a French statesman. In 1842 he was elected a member of the Académie française, and in the same year was created a duke by the July Monarchy.-Biography:...
(1767-1862)
- Richard Simon
Richard Simon , was a French biblical critic.He was born at Dieppe. His early education took place at the college of the Fathers of the Oratory. The kindness of a friend enabled him to study theology at Paris, where he showed an interest in Hebrew and other Oriental languages...
(1638-1712)
- Gaston de Sonis
Former teachers
- Louis Eugène Marie Bautain
Louis Eugène Marie Bautain , French philosopher and theologian, was born at Paris.At the École Normale he came under the influence of Victor Cousin. In 1816 he adopted the profession of higher teaching, and was soon after called to the chair of philosophy in the university of Strasbourg...
(1796-1867)
- Joseph Fouché
Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.-Youth:He was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes...
(1763-1820)