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Blairs College. Coordinates: 57.098028°N 2.194735°W. Stained-glass in Blairs College. St Mary's College, Blairs (commonly known as Blairs College ), situated near Aberdeen in Scotland, was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood. [1] .
St Mary's College, Blairs (commonly known as Blairs College), situated near Aberdeen in Scotland, was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood. Part of the former college now houses Blairs Museum, the museum of Scotland's Catholic heritage.
From its establishment Blairs College was recognised as a safe place to receive and preserve artefacts relating to Scotland’s Catholic heritage. Over the years Blairs accumulated an internationally renowned collection of fine and decorative art from a number of benefactors, including bishops, priests and friends of Blairs as well as ...
St Mary's College (Also known as) Date: 1829-1986: Places: Blairs, Kincardineshire; Functions, occupations and activities: Schools and Education > Theological colleges: Name authority...
The collection contains material of exceptional significance and provides evidence of the survival of Catholicism both in Scotland and abroad through the archives of its missions, seminaries and colleges. There are also extensive collections relating to prominent Catholic families such as the Leslie family.
27 de abr. de 2021 · April 27, 2021 Press release. Blairs College, South Deeside Road, Aberdeen. The Blairs Museum in Aberdeen will reopen on Friday 30th April 2021, after an extended period of closure arising from the COVID pandemic. Blairs Museum offers a unique insight into Scotland’s Catholic history and heritage with spectacular collections ...
John L. Campbell. Blairs College in 1883: by Mgr Canon William MacMaster1. My memory of my going to Blairs College in July 1883, is not blurred. by the passage of sixty-eight years. On the 30th of that month, the four-in-hand coach which plied between Fort William and Kingussie. picked me up at Murlaggan, three miles east of Roybridge—it was.
