St Mary's College, St Andrews

St Mary's College of the University of St Andrews, in Fife, Scotland - in full, the New College of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - was founded in 1538 by Archbishop James Beaton, uncle of Cardinal David Beaton on the site of the pedagogy or St Johns College (founded 1418).

St Mary's College was intended to preserve the teachings of the Roman Catholic church against the "heretical" teachings of the reformers. It was dedicated to a revival of learning on the Continental trilingual model and from the outset laid emphasis on the knowledge of Latin, Greek and Hebrew. In 1579, nineteen years after the Reformation brought fundamental changes to the religious life of the Scottish nation, St Mary's College was reconstituted as the Faculty of Divinity of the University.

In that role the college has continued ever since, marked by an illustrious succession of scholars and teachers, and, in modern times especially, by a stream of alumni who have distinguished themselves and served Church and community in every part of the world. At present the Faculty and School of Divinity forms an academic community of some 216 persons: 16 members of staff; 55 postgraduate students; and 145 undergraduates.

St Mary's College retains much of its original sixteenth century buildings, specifically the north and West ranges. The Quad contains a thorn tree said to have been planted by Mary, Queen of Scots during her many visits to St.Andrews. The Quad also contains the historic King James Library founded by King James VI & I in 1612[4].

The College is one of five approved centres for the training of Church of Scotland ministers. Graduates include the Very Rev Dr Finlay Macdonald, the current Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and a former Moderator.

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Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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St. Andrews
Gaelic - Cill RÃ¬mhinn (modern);
Cell RÃgmonaid,
Ceann Righmonaidh (obsolete)
Scots - Sanct Androis

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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"
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University of St Andrews (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Chill RÃ¬mhinn) is the oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between 1410 and 1413.
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Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
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James Beaton, or Bethune (1473-1539), was a Scottish church leader, the uncle of Cardinal David Beaton.

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David Beaton (c. 1494 – 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation.

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Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin)
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