The Collège de Montaigu was one of the constituent

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s of the Faculty of Arts of the

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History

The college, originally called Collège des Aicelins, was founded in 1314 by Gilles I Aycelin de Montaigu, Archbishop of Narbonne and

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. It changed its name after it had been restored in 1388 by his relative Pierre Aycelin de Montaigut, Bishop of Nevers and Laon. In 1483, Jan Standonck became Master of the College and made it prosper. Under his leadership and that of his disciple Noël Béda, Montaigu was one of the leading theological colleges of Paris. Students at the college included

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, and

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(before moving to Collège de Sainte-Barbe). Other notable students were the influential Portuguese teacher and diplomat Diogo de Gouveia. At least four Scots also attended: philosopher John Mair (who went on to teach

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there), historian

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, royal advocate Patrick Paniter and Reformer

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. Another Scot, George Dundas, may have also attended. Architect and educator

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attended before turning to architecture. In his ''Colloquies''

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...

left a memoire of his time at the College under Standonck. Erasmus was a privileged paying student, but his memories were not pleasant. In 1792, some of the buildings were converted into a hospital and a military prison. The prison was closed in 1836, and pulled down in 1842. In 1844–1850, the Sainte-Geneviève Library was constructed on the site.

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