Records Volume 73: St Gregory's College, Seville

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6. ENGLISH JESUITS IN ANDALUSIA, 1592-1660 English members of the Society of Jesus who resided at St Gregory's or at other houses in Andalusia are listed below . If they were themselves alumni ofSt Gregory's , thereis a cross- reference to the alumni list. Spanish versions of surnames are given in brackets , though I have not been able to decode them in all cases ( e.g. Christopher Wensonius , Thomas Ignatius). Titles

Minister Administrator of the college, subject to the Rector. Procurator Bursar Praefectus Spiritus = Spiritual Director of the students. Operarius Missioner and preacher , engaged in pastoralwork. Temporal coadjutor= Laybrother. Eleemosynarius = Collector of alms (usually an English laybrother) . Sources

Most of the information is based on the records of the Andalusian province (Provincia Baetica) in the Archivum Romanum S.J. (ARSI) . I have also referred to catalogues of the provinces of Castille (Cast.) , Toledo (Tol.) Belgium (Belg.) and England (Angl.). Otherwise the reader should refer to the list of sources and abbreviations on pp 38-42. The main sources quoted below are as follows:

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Baet.8 . Catalogi triennales 1583-1622. Baet.9 1 . Catalogi triennales 1625-39. Baet.9 2 . Catalogi triennales 1640-51. Baet. 14/1 . Catalogi breves 1621-40. Baet. 14/2 . Catalogi breves 1641-99. Baet. 3-6. Epistulae Generales. Cast. 14/1 . Catalogi triennales 1584-1600. Cast . 27. Catalogi breves 1595-8. Tolet. 21/1, Catalogi triennales 1584-97. Belg. 43. Catalogi breves Provinciae Belgicae 1577-1615. Belg. 44. Catalogi breves 1616-33. Gall.-Belg. 24. Catalogi breves Provinciae Gallico - Belgicae 1613-39. The triennial catalogues normally give the age of each subject , and his years in the Society , but often the figures are inconsistent from one entry to another . For that reason, some of the dates and ages given below have to be approximate . have provided cross -references to entries in Anstruther, Foley and relevant CRS volumes , but there are some namesbelow which are not found in these sources, and some of the data provided will require a correction of hitherto published entries on individual Jesuits. Those Englishmen who joined the Society in Andalusia will have done their novitiate at the Casa Profesa , Seville, until about 1597 , when the novitiate was moved to Montilla . About 1610 the novitiate returned to Seville, at San Luis.

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Records Volume 73: St Gregory's College, Seville

Published on Jan 1, 1992

The Catholic Record Society

'The Cinderella of the Colleges', which 'remains the enigma it has always been' . Thus Godfrey Anstruther described St Gregory's, Seville, in the second and third volumes of his Seminary Priests. It is to be hoped that this volume will go some way to solving this enigma, throwing light upon a hitherto obscure corner of recusant history. It may be of interest also to historians of Seville and students of Anglo-Spanish relations during an eventful period. Perhaps it will provide the materials for a more informed assessment of the legacy of Robert Persons. A glance at the notes will show that the historical skeleton contained here has had to be assembled painfully from disjecta membra. Other material may still lie buried in Spanish archives for a future historian to disinter.