Hi. I wonder whether anyone has a little knowledge of the Jesuits? I've tried googling on this but haven't managed to unearth anything...
There was a family of (at least) 5 sons in the Outer Hebrides, three of whom started training as priests at the Scottish College in Douai, France; two of them completed their training.
One pile of sources imply that the sons were born c.1698 to c.1710.
The Jesuit records say that the 3 sons who trained for the priesthood entered the college between 1732 and 1741, which to my mind doesn't sit well with being born 1698-1710.
Does anyone know at what age it was customary to start such training?
One source suggests that at least one of them was '15' when he enrolled. Do/did the Jesuits count age differently from us? Perhaps they only counted from confirmation
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
There was a family of (at least) 5 sons in the Outer Hebrides, three of whom started training as priests at the Scottish College in Douai, France; two of them completed their training.
One pile of sources imply that the sons were born c.1698 to c.1710.
The Jesuit records say that the 3 sons who trained for the priesthood entered the college between 1732 and 1741, which to my mind doesn't sit well with being born 1698-1710.
Does anyone know at what age it was customary to start such training?
One source suggests that at least one of them was '15' when he enrolled. Do/did the Jesuits count age differently from us? Perhaps they only counted from confirmation
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
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