Englifh Convents, &c. on the Continent. 367 2,2,. Jef nits at Ghent. This eftablifhment was made in the year 162,2,. It was ftyled the PROFESSED-HOUSE, and was deftined chiefly for the aged and infirm, and for fuch as were unable to perform the a&ive functions of the fociety. The houfe was fmall, and of little appearance. In 1 765 the noviciate, beforetimes at Watten as was faid above, was placed here ; but the extinction of the So- ciety in 1773 put an end to both. 33. College at Li/bon. This was founded by the liberality of Don Pedro de Coutinho, a Portugueze gentleman, at the perfuafion of the Rev. William Wifeman, an Englifh. clergyman refiding in Lifbon. It was confirmed by a brief from Rome dated Sept. 22, 1622, with the annual revenue of 500 gold crowns given to it by the faid Don Pedro de Coutinho. The firft prefident, profeflbrs and fcholars, were fent thither from the Englifh college at Douay in 1628 ; and it has ever fmce been under the direction of fe- cular clergy, and remains fo {till. 34. Benedittine Nuns in Qanibray. This abbey was begun in the year 1623, by Mrs. Frances Gavin and two others, all profefTed nuns of the monaflery at BrufTels. The eftablimment was made chiefly by means of father Rudi- fmd Barlfiw, preudent of the Englilh congregation of St. Be- nedict, to which it ever after remained fubjecl:. Thefe nuns, bendes the regular duties of their order, were occupied in the education of young ladies. In 1793 they underwent the fame fate as all the other Englifh convents in France. M m 9 3
