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Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) Coordinates: 50°40′11″N 4°36′44″E. Pope Gregory XVI, co-founder in 1834 with the bishops of Belgium of the Catholic University of Malines, which would later become the Catholic University of Leuven.
- 1834–1969
- Roman Catholicism
- Catholic University of Louvain
Sep 19, 2023 · On the initiative of the Belgian bishops it became a Catholic institution again in 1834. Education at the nineteenth-century University was primarily aimed at a kind of advanced vocational training. Gradually, and especially at the end of the nineteenth century, the rapid developments in scientific research started having a growing impact on ...
The Catholic University of Leuven was founded in 1834 in Mechelen by the bishops of Belgium, after an official Papal Brief of Pope Gregory XVI. This new Catholic university stayed only briefly in Mechelen, as the bishops already moved the university headquarters to Leuven on 1 December 1835, where it took the name Catholic University of Leuven.
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Catholic University of Leuven, renowned institution of higher learning founded in 1425 in Leuven (Louvain), Brabant (now in Belgium). The university was a unitary entity until 1970 when it was partitioned, based on linguistic differences, into two separate universities.
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The Catholic University of Leuven or Louvain (French: Université catholique de Louvain, Dutch: Katholieke Hogeschool te Leuven, later Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven) was founded in 1834 in Mechelen as the Catholic University of Belgium, and moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven.
Creation of a free Catholic university The Catholic university moves to Leuven. The 1830 Belgian Constitution proclaims the freedom of education, which contrasts with the interventionism of all other European states. In 1834 Belgian bishops establish the Catholic University of Malines and in 1835 transfer it into University of Louvain buildings ...
A new catholic university was founded in Mechlin in 1834, the Catholic University of Mechlin and moved in Leuven in 1835 that is frequently, but controversially, identified as a continuation of the older institution.
