Saint Victor in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Collège des Ecossais / Scots College
— Histoire de Paris —
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023
1. Collège des Ecossais / Scots College Marker - wider view
L'immeuble sur rue a été construit de 1662 à 1665 par Robert Barclay qui dirige le collège et let séminaire des Ecossais. Achevée en 1672, la chapelle possède un mausolée où repose dans une urne en bronze doré, le cerveau de Jacques II d'Angleterre, mort à Saint-Germain-en-Laye en 1701. Transformé en prison sous la Terreur, le collège fut rendu à l'église anglaise en 1806, et loué par un établissement d'enseignement de 1815 à 1914. A la suite de la rectification de la pente de la rue en 1685, le rez-de-chaussée de la façade sur rue devint premier étage. Mais la façade sur jardin est restée intacte.
The building on the street was built from 1662 to 1665 by Robert Barclay who directed the Scottish college and seminary. Completed in 1672, the chapel has a mausoleum wherein rests in a gilded bronze urn the brain of James II of England, who died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1701. Transformed into a prison during the Terror, the college was returned to the English Church in 1806, and rented by an educational establishment from 1815 to 1914. Following the rectification
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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education. In addition, it is included in the Histoire de Paris series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1662.
Location. 48° 50.754′ N, 2° 21.041′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint Victor. Marker is at the intersection of Rue du Cardinal Lemoine and Rue Clovis, on the right when traveling north on Rue du Cardinal Lemoine. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 65 Rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Enceinte de Philippe Auguste / The Wall of Philip II Augustus (within shouting distance of this marker); Valery Larbaud (1881-1957) (within shouting distance of this marker); James Joyce (1882-1941) (within shouting distance of this marker); Paul de Chomedey (within shouting distance of this marker); Les Quatre Sergents de La Rochelle / The Four Sergeants of La Rochelle (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); André-Marie Ampère (about 120 meters away); Ecole Élémentaire Rollin Jewish Students Deportation Memorial
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023
2. Collège des Ecossais / Scots College Marker - wide view
Also see . . . Scots College (Paris) (Wikipedia).
Overview: The Scots College (Latin: Collegium Scoticum; French: Collège des Écossais) was a college of the University of Paris, France, founded by an Act of the Parliament of Paris on 8 July 1333. The act was a ratification of an event that had already taken place, the founding of the Collegium Scoticum, one of a number of national colleges into which the University was divided. The Scots College came to an end in 1793 when the National Convention abolished the colleges and reorganized the University along different lines.(Submitted on July 16, 2023.)
On the brain of James II: One of its chapels had a bronze urn containing the brain of King James VII. After he died of a brain hemorrhage on 16 September 1701 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye his body was laid in a coffin at the Chapel of Saint Edmund in the Church of the English Benedictines in the Rue St. Jacques. However, during the French Revolution, his body was desecrated and the other remains were lost.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023
3. Collège des Ecossais / Scots College Marker - wider view
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, June 26, 2023
4. Collège des Ecossais / Scots College
circa 1905
5. Collège des Ecossais
Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 75 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 16, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
