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3 unusual facts about Catholic University of the West


Catholic University of the West

Early in the 11th century this school became famous under the direction of Marbodus, later Bishop of Rennes, and of Ulger, later Bishop of Angers, both pupils of the renowned canonist, Fulbert de Chartres.

1229: During a crisis with the University of Paris, some students and faculty came to the Episcopalian school system of Angers.

It was enlarged in 1229 by an influx of students, many of them Englishmen, from the University of Paris, who sought in Angers a shelter from the direct control of the King of France.



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