Stonyhurst College

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Stonyhurst College
Collegium Saxosylvanum[1]
MottoQuant Je Puis (Old French)
Motto in English
As much as I can
TypePublic school
Private co-educational Catholic boarding and day school
Established1794; 230 years ago (1794)
FounderRobert Persons
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church (Jesuit)
HeadmasterJohn Browne
Students461
Location
Clitheroe, Lancashire
,
BB7 9PZ
,
England
Former pupilsOld Stonyhursts
Patron saintAloysius Gonzaga
ColoursGreen   and   White
Websitestonyhurst.ac.uk
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Stonyhurst College is a co-educational Catholic private school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition,[2][3] on the Stonyhurst Estate, Lancashire, England. It occupies a Grade I listed building.[4] The school has been fully co-educational since 1999.

A precursor institution of the college was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons SJ at St Omer,[5][6] at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. After moving to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773, the college was headed for oblivion, but for the generosity of an old boy, Thomas Weld (of Lulworth), who intervened. Weld's enormous benefaction enabled the expatriated school to establish itself on English soil in 1794 when it was granted the Stonyhurst estate.[5][6] It provides boarding and day education to approximately 450 boys and girls aged 13–18.[7] On an adjacent site, its preparatory school, St Mary's Hall, provides education for boys and girls aged 3–13.[8]

  1. ^ George Gruggen and Joseph Keating, Stonyhurst: Its Past History and Life in the Present (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1901) p. 65.
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  5. ^ a b Stonyhurst College in Encyclopædia Britannica 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008
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