. Memorial volume of the centenary of St. Mary's Seminary of St. Sulpice, Baltimore, Md. : 1791-1891. was, with the idea of having purelyecclesiastical schools, began, in 1806, a new establishmentat Pigeon-hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania. A suit-able tract of land had been given for that object by Harent, a French Catholic, who, later on, wasordained, and joined the Society of St. Sulpice. HereFather Nagot gathered a dozen promising children ofthe neighborhood, who all desired to become priests, andwith the aid of a few seminarians, trained them to litera-ture and piety. It was a to
. Memorial volume of the centenary of St. Mary's Seminary of St. Sulpice, Baltimore, Md. : 1791-1891. was, with the idea of having purelyecclesiastical schools, began, in 1806, a new establishmentat Pigeon-hill, Adams County, Pennsylvania. A suit-able tract of land had been given for that object by Harent, a French Catholic, who, later on, wasordained, and joined the Society of St. Sulpice. HereFather Nagot gathered a dozen promising children ofthe neighborhood, who all desired to become priests, andwith the aid of a few seminarians, trained them to litera-ture and piety. It was a touching spectacle to see thatvenerable priest, who, for many years, had reckonedamong his pupils or penitents the elite of the Frenchcapital, consuming the last remains of his strength inteaching the rudiments of the Latin language to a fewchildren of humble condition, and considering this occu-pation as the glory and comfort of his old age. When, two years afterwards, the College of Pigeon-hill was transferred to Emmitsburg, Father Nagot cameback to St. Marys, sharing w^ith his confreres the work. Very Rev. Francois Charles Nagot,Founder and First Superior of St. Marys Seminary. HISTORICAL SKETCH. 17 of the ministry not only in behalf of the French, thennumerous in Baltimore, but also of the English-speakingpopulation, in spite of his difficulty in pronouncing theirlanguage. On account of his infirmities and love ofretirement, he had oftentimes offered the resignationof his office of superior, but it was not accepted tillthe year 1810, which was also the fiftieth of hispriesthood. He spent the remainder of his life in thepractice of obedience to the new superior, asking allpermissions with the simplicity of a young cleric. Heedified the whole community by the example of hisfaith, humility, devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, loveof prayer, application to the reading of the Scriptures,and zeal for the salvation of souls and the sanctificationof priests. Eminent by his virtues in
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