Collège des Lombards

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The Collège des Lombards was one of the schools of the University of Paris . It was in the 5th arrondissement at the top of the Rue des Carmes.

The Collège was founded in 1334 by André Ghini, Bishop of Arras , for eleven scholars from Italy, called "Lombards". The students included Francisco de Xavier (from 1525) and Ignatius von Loyola (from 1528).

In 1677, Louis XIV made the college a settlement for a group of students from Ireland . During the 18th century the Collège des Lombards became the center for Irish students in Paris. In 1738 the chapel of the college was rebuilt and new accommodations were made available to the students. In 1775 the students moved to a new building on rue du Cheval Vert that became the Collège des Irlandais. The Collège des Lombards was closed in 1793.

The chapel was the spiritual center of the Catholic social movement founded by Robert and Albert de Mun from 1872 to 1910. It was later given to the Syrian Catholic Church , which made it the Saint-Ephrem Church.