Collège Sainte-Barbe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Collège Sainte-Barbe is a former school in the Ve arrondissement of Paris, France.

The Collège Sainte-Barbe was founded in 1460 on Mount Holy-Genevieve (Latin quarter, Paris)by Pierre Antoine Victor de Lanneau, teacher of religious studies. It was until June 1999 “the old” college of the University of Paris.

The Barbiste Spirit is kept alive through the Friendly Association of Old Barbistes, founded in 1820, recognized a public society since 1880, which is the oldest association of alumni of France, "l'Association Amicale des Anciens Barbistes" (amicale-anciens-barbistes@laposte.net).

Former barbists include: Ignace de Loyola (1491-1556), holy François-Xavier (1506-1552), Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1939), Jean Jaurès (1859-1914), Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), Charles Péguy (1873-1914), the naturalist Michel Adanson (1727-1806), the physicist and doctor Arsène d' Arsonval (1851-1940), the bishop Felix Dupanloup (1802-1878), Bernard Kouchner (1939-), the scenario writers Henri-George Clouzot (1907-1977) and Claude Lelouch (1937-) or the actors Michel Piccoli (1925-), Jean-Pierre Castaldi (1944-), Claude Lelouch and François Berléand (1952-).

Among the former professors, the historian Jules Michelet (1798-1874) and the journalist Serge July (1942-).

The buildings of the college have undergone numerous modifications since its establishment in 1460. A university library, the Library Holy-Bores is due to open at the beginning of 2008.