Foundation
The founder was the Reverend John Lee, an Irish priest who came to Paris, in 1578, with six companions, and entered the Collège Montaigu. Having completed his studies he became attached to the Church of St. Severin, and made the acquaintance of a French nobleman, John de l'Escalopier. He was President of the Parliament of Paris, and placed at the disposal of the Irish students in Paris a house, which served them as a college, of which Father Lee became the first rector about 1605.
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