English College of St Gregory

The English College of St Gregory was a Roman Catholic seminary in Seville, Spain. It was founded by the English Jesuit Robert Persons in 1592, when Roman Catholicism was illegal in England, to provide his native country with priests. Persons had previously founded a similar institution, the English College, Valladolid. The dedication of the college to St Gregory recalls the Gregorian mission of AD 596. In 1596, in Seville, Persons wrote Memorial for the Reformation of England, concerning how England might be returned to the Roman Catholic faith.

English College of St Gregory

The English College of St Gregory was a Roman Catholic seminary in Seville, Spain. It was founded by the English Jesuit Robert Persons in 1592, when Roman Catholicism was illegal in England, to provide his native country with priests. Persons had previously founded a similar institution, the English College, Valladolid. The dedication of the college to St Gregory recalls the Gregorian mission of AD 596. In 1596, in Seville, Persons wrote Memorial for the Reformation of England, concerning how England might be returned to the Roman Catholic faith.