College of the Immaculate Conception, Prague

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College of the Immaculate Conception, Prague
Type Seminary
Active1629–1786
Founder Patrick Fleming OFM
Parent institution
St Anthony's College, Leuven
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic, Irish Franciscans

College of the Immaculate Conception, Prague, was a Franciscan College, founded in 1629 by Irish Franciscan priests from Louvain. [1] Instrumental in its foundation was its first Rector Patrick Fleming from Leuven, also involved was Fr Malachy Fallon, [2] the Professor of Theology in Louvain, who persuaded the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II to permit foundation of an Irish College in Prague. The establishment was seen as being part of a re-catholicisation of Bohemia, by the Habsburgs, but also to provide clergy for Ireland. Shortly after its foundation, Bohemia was invaded during the thirty-years war, Rector of the college Fleming and another Irish friar Mathew Hoare were captured and murdered by Calvinists.

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From the legacy of General Walter Butler, a Chapel was built. In 1700 Count Sternburg (Šternberkové), of the Bohemian Noble family, built and stocked a library (from his brothers collection). [3]

The College was suppressed in 1786 by Habsburg Emperor Joseph II, following his Secularization Decrees. In 1787 Students transferred to the Irish College, St Anthony's College, Leuven. [4]

Most of the house and the church are still standing on Hybernska (Hibernian) Street, in Prague, Czech Republic. [5] The building became a Tax office. [6]

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References

  1. 'College of the Immaculate Conception, Prague- The Irish Franciscans, 1651-1665' By B. Millet.
  2. Prague www.franciscans.ie
  3. The Native Irish, and Their Descendants By Christopher Anderson, William Curry & Co. (Dublin), 1846.
  4. 'Guardians and Staff of St Anthony's College, Louvain, 1607-1999', Ignatius Fennessy, Collectanea Hibernica, No. 42 (2000), pp. 215-241 (27 pages), Published by: Franciscan Province of Ireland.
  5. ‘Unruly, fractious, disreputable’ – Irish Franciscans in Prague by Andy Pollak, Irish Times, April 28, 2015.
  6. 'The Irish Franciscans in Prague' by Brendan Jennings OFM, An Irish Quarterly Review, Vol. 28, No. 110, p. (210-222), June 1939.