Francis Charles Nagot

French Roman Catholic priest

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^[1] and was sent as professor of theology to the Seminary of Nantes. He was made superior of the small seminary,^[2] 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.^[3]^[4] He died at Baltimore on April 9, 1816.^[5]

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.^[5]

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
^ ^a ^b Biblical Cyclopedia website, Nagot, Francois Charles