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Katholieke Studentenvereniging Sanctus Virgilius or KSVSanctus Virgilius (Dutch: Katholieke Studenten Vereniging, English: Catholic Student Society), also known as Virgiel, is a Dutch coeducational fraternity. It was established at the Polytechnic School of Delft in Delft in 1898. It has more than 2,000 student members at 176 houses.
Virgiel was founded as Crescendo Gramen Sementat on March 2, 1898 at the Polytechnic School of Delft, now Delft University of Technology, as the result of emancipation of the Catholic youth in the Netherlands.[1][2][3] Catholicism had long been repressed by government policy, and Delft Catholic students wanted to unite to discuss their faith and position in society.[1] At the time, most members also belonged to the Delftsch Studenten Corps(nl), the oldest student fraternity in Delft.
The fraternity changed its name to Sanctus Virgilius in 1903.[3] It was reorganized in 1931 as a student society and was no longer considered a religious society.[3] Virgiel is now a non-faith-based fraternity/sorority that is social in purpose but also expands knowledge and views outside of academic classes.[1]
Sanctus Virgillus was named after the Irish-born astronomer, geometer, and bishop Saint Virgil.[1] Its nickname is Virgiel. The fraternity's motto is Crescendo Gramen Sementat or "As the seed grows, so it bears fruit".[3]
Buildings
Virgiel has 176 residential houses, organized as residents for all-males, all-females, or mixed.[7] Some houses are exclusively for members; others include members of other student associations.[7]
The fraternity's primary hall is an old monastery located in the city center of Delft.[1] The monastery was built for nuns in 1405 and was later used as an orphanage.[1] The fraternity first rented the monastery in 1949 from Gemeente Delft.[1] After the fraternity restored the monastery, Gemeente Delft sold it to Virgiel in 1989 for one guilder.[1]
Activities
Member each dinner with their house or club once or twice a week.[5] Virgiel's members participate in a wide variety of cultural events and sports, including lectures, workshops, debates, travel, football, field hockey, rugby, and climbing.[1][8]
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