Jesuit College
Colégio dos Jesuítas
São Pedro · Funchal
beside the Rua do Castanheiro, Funchal, Madeira
Former Jesuit college in Funchal, whose Aulas do Pátio housed secondary teaching and later the lyceum, and which also housed the Escola de Geometria e Trigonometria. It housed the diocesan seminary from 1788 to 1801, was disputed between bishop and governor as seminary or barracks, and was occupied by British troops in 1801. It later served as an infantry barracks, and its enclosure ceded land to widen the Rua do Castanheiro.
1Mentioned in
- New Convent — The seminary was housed there from 1788 to 1801.
- Castanheiro (street) — Former Jesuit college, used as barracks, whose enclosure ceded land for the widening.
- Rodrigues de Vilares (Dom Luís) — Building disputed between bishop and governor as seminary or barracks.
- Convent of the Incarnation — Also used to quarter British troops during the occupation.
- Seminary — Former Jesuit college housing the seminary from 1788 to 1801.
- Lyceum — Jesuit college whose Aulas do Pátio housed secondary teaching and later the lyceum.
- School of Geometry and Trigonometry — Building housing the school, later an infantry barracks.
- Occupation of Madeira by British troops — Former Jesuit college, then the diocesan seminary, occupied by British troops in 1801.
2Chronology
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On Pombal's orders the Jesuit college in Funchal was surrounded and the Jesuits confined, ending their teaching; the eighteen Madeiran Jesuits were shipped under arrest to Lisbon on 16 July 1760.
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By royal charter D. Maria I ceded the former Jesuit College buildings to Bishop José da Costa Torres for a diocesan seminary.
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The diocesan seminary moved to and was solemnly opened in the former Jesuit College in Funchal.
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A British squadron arrived at Funchal, beginning the first British occupation of Madeira; troops under Clinton were quartered in the Jesuit college, the Penha de França fort and the theatre, forcing the seminary back to the Mosteiro Novo.
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A serious conflict between Governor José Manuel da Câmara and Bishop D. Luís Rodrigues de Vilares over the Jesuit college led the governor to force the bishop out of Funchal to Santo da Serra.
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A government decree authorised ceding land from the former Jesuit college enclosure to widen Rua do Castanheiro.