Vincentian Heritage Journal Volume 9 Issue 2 Article 4 1988 The Seminary of Treguier in the Seventeenth Century G. Minois Stafford Poole C.M. Translator Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vhj Recommended Citation Minois, G. and Poole, Stafford C.M. (1988) "The Seminary of Treguier in the Seventeenth Century," Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol. 9 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vhj/vol9/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Vincentian Journals and Publications at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in Vincentian Heritage Journal by an authorized editor of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 162 The Seminary of Treguier in the Seventeenth Century by G. Minois Translated by Stafford Poole, C.M.* Life in an early French Vincentian seminary Among the many histories of the Catholic Reformation of the seventeenth century, one aspect seems to have attracted rela- tively little attention from researchers: the founding of semi- naries. Of course, the importance of the role played by these in- stitutions in the renewal of the clergy has been emphasized but the seminary itself--its origins, its foundation, its problems, its functioning, its relations with church authorities--has often been left in the shadows ever since the work of Antoine Degert, which is now out of date.' Among the seminaries of lower Brittany, that of Tréguier has drawn almost no attention, in spite of the exis- tence of very extensive documentation in the Côtes-du-Nord Ar- chives.2 As is often the case, these documents deal more with the finances of the establishment than with its internal organization or its total picture.