Our Lady College, Antwerp
| Our Lady College Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege | |
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 College building to right of church | |
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Belgium | |
| Coordinates | 51°12′49″N 4°24′45″E / 51.213504°N 4.412539°ECoordinates: 51°12′49″N 4°24′45″E / 51.213504°N 4.412539°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private primary and secondary school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
| Denomination | Jesuits |
| Established | 1575 |
| Status | Open |
| Closed | 1576-1585; 1773-1840 |
| Website | olvc |
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Our Lady College (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school in Antwerp, Belgium. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1575 and the school building was designed by Jules Bilmeyer, completed in 1875.[2]
History[]
In 1575, the Jesuits opened their first school in the city in a building that became part of the Lessius Hogeschool. After war with Spain in 1576, the Jesuits had to leave the city, but returned in 1585 and reopened the school.
In 1607 and again in 1655, the school had to move to larger premises to keep up with the expanding population.
In 1773, Pope Clement IV ordered for all Jesuit educational services to cease. The Jesuits did not return to Antwerp until 1840, when they reopened the college. It was situated in what is now a restaurant for students of the University of Antwerp.
In 1871, the capacity of the school again needed to be increased so land was bought in a series of streets in the centre of Antwerp called 'the Avenues'. There, they got the architect Jules Bilmeyer to design the new school. It was completed in 1875. Twelve years later, he also completed the building of the church next door to the school, Our Lady of Grace Church (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Gratie Kerk).[3]
Notable alumni[]
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2021) |
- Tom Barman
- Luc Bertrand
- Christian de Duve
- Gabriel Fehervari
- Jef Geeraerts
- Count Albert Le Grelle
- Count Bernard Le Grelle
- Mgr Stanislas Le Grelle
- Jan Leyers
- Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer
Gallery[]
Our Lady College in 1960.
Class of 1874/75 photographed by Claude Bretagne & Jules David
See also[]
- Education in Belgium
- Roman Catholicism in Belgium
- List of Jesuit schools
References[]
- ^ Ignatian. Accessed 6 June 2016.
- ^ "School Information". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "Structure Database". Retrieved 20 February 2014.
External links[]
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- Jesuit primary schools in Belgium
- Schools in Antwerp
- Jesuit secondary schools in Belgium
- 1575 establishments in Europe
- Educational institutions established in the 1570s