Francis Charles Nagot (1734–1816) was a French Roman Catholic priest, who worked for the Society of Saint-Sulpice. He is perhaps most famous for founding two Catholic teaching establishments in Baltimore, USA.
He was born at Tours on April 19, 1734. He joined the congregation of the priests of Saint-Sulpice. He gained a doctorate in theology from the University of Nantes and was sent as professor of theology to the Seminary of Nantes. He was made superior of the small seminary, then director of the large seminary.
The French Revolution led to his travelling to the US in 1791 and establishing St. Mary's, the first Catholic seminary and college in Baltimore. He died at Baltimore on April 9, 1816.
Publications
- Relation de la conversion de quelques Protestants (1791)
- La Doctrine de l'Ecriture sur les miracles (1808, a translation of an English work by George Hay)
- Vie de, M. Olier, cure de Saint-Suilpice (1813)
and several translations of works of English piety.
References
- Encyclopedia website, Nagot, Francois Charles
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts website, Meeting of January 1923, (Volume 25: Transactions, 1922-1924)
- Sulpicians website, Summer 2016 newsletter, page 11
- Library of Congress website, Written Historical and Descriptive Data, District of Maryland; St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, page 4
- ^ Biblical Cyclopedia website, Nagot, Francois Charles
External links
DePaul University website, In God's Time (Chapter 7) (Elizabeth Seton)
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