Collegium Nobilium (Jesuit), Warsaw
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This article is about a Jesuit college established in 1752 in Warsaw, Poland. For the college established in 1740 in Warsaw, see Collegium Nobilium (Warsaw).
The Collegium Nobilium was a Jesuit foundation in Warsaw between 1752 and 1777.[1][2] It was intended to provide an élite education for the sons of Magnates of Poland and Lithuania, and other leading Szlachta families, likely to run the country or represent it abroad. It is sometimes confused with another longer established educational institution with the same name, run by the Piarists order in the capital.[3]
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Jezuickie Collegium Nobilium | |
Other name | Collegium Nobilium |
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Type | Roman Catholic college for boys of the nobility |
Active | 1752; 272 years ago (1752)–1777 |
Founders | Maciej Grabowski, Jan Ciecierski SJ |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
Address | Collegium Nobilium, Market Square, Warsaw New Town, Poland , , |
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