English College of St Gregory

The English College of St Gregory, Seville, was a Roman Catholic seminary. It was founded by Robert Persons in 1592. In 1596, in Seville, Persons wrote Memorial for the Reformation of England,[1] concerning how England might be returned to the Roman Catholic faith.

The institution was short of funds, but it was supported by the Jesuits until the order was expelled from Spain in 1767.[2] Its assets were then transferred to the English College, Valladolid, which continued to function under the protection of the Spanish crown.

References

  1. ↑ A Memoriall for the Reformation of England conteyning certayne notes and advertisements which seeme might be proposed in the first parliament and nationall councell of our country after God of his mercie shall restore it to the catholique faith [...]; gathered and set downe by R. P., 1596. Houliston, Victor. "Persons, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21474. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ Martin Murphy, St Gregory's College, Seville 1592-1767, Catholic Record Society, 1992