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Saint-Omer

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint-Omer , city (1990 pop. 15,304), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, in Flanders, on the Aa River. The chief manufactures are metals, textiles, paper, and beer. The city grew around a monastery founded in the 7th cent. by St. Omer, the bishop of Thérouanne. In medieval times the abbey of Saint-Bertin was famous. Points of interest include the church (now basilica) of Notre Dame (13th-15th cent.), which contains the tomb of St. Omer; the Sandelin Museum; and the ruins of the abbey. ... Read more
Sir Edward Petre
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Jesuit, confessor of James II of England. He attended the Jesuit seminary of Saint-Omer. He was imprisoned (1679-80) in connection with the Popish Plot (see Oates...the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He later was rector of the seminary of Saint-Omer. Read more
John Carroll
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 1735-1815, American Roman Catholic churchman, b. Maryland. He studied as a child with Jesuits at Bohemia, Md., and later at Saint-Omer in Flanders, since Catholic secondary education was not allowed in Maryland. He joined the Jesuits in 1753, studied at... Read more

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