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52-890: Amiot may refer to: People [ edit ] Félix Amiot (1894–1974), French aircraft designer and shipbuilding Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–1793), French Jesuit missionary to China Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), French composer Mathieu Amiot ( c. 1629–1688), Sieur de Villeneuve, interpreter and seigneur in New France Maurice Amiot (1932–1961), French soldier Paul Amiot (1886–1979), French actor Pierre Amiot (1781–1839), farmer, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada Amiot Métayer (died 2003), gang leader in Haiti Other [ edit ] Avions Amiot ,

104-551: A habit consisting of a black dress bound by a leathern girdle, a black sleeveless cloak, and a close-fitting headdress with a white veil and a longer black veil. Since Vatican II they were no longer required to wear habits and today many opt out of wearing a habit. Today the monastic Order of St. Ursula (post-nominals OSU) has as its largest group the Ursulines of the Roman Union (described in this article) which consists of Ursulines of

156-612: A novice for two years. Afterwards, he taught at the Jesuit colleges of Besançon , Arles , Aix-en-Provence and finally at Nîmes , where he was professor of rhetoric in the academic year of 1744–1745. He completed his theological studies at Dôle from 1745 to 1748 and was ordained as a priest on December 22, 1746. Amiot requested Franz Retz , the Superior General of the Society of Jesus at that time, to serve in an overseas mission, and

208-763: Is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario . From 1922 to 1975 the Mary Manse College in Toledo , Ohio , was operated by the Ursulines. It was a women's college until 1971, then was coeducational for its final four years. In 1927, the Ursuline Sisters of the Eastern Province restructured Catholic education in Elkton, Maryland , by assisting in the founding of Immaculate Conception School, originally located at

260-505: Is contradictory from remaining and available sources). In 1727, 12 Ursulines from France landed in what is now New Orleans . The entire group of Ursulines were the first Roman Catholic nuns in what is now the United States. Both properties were part of the French colony of Louisiana (New France) . They came to the country under the auspices of Pope Pius III and Louis XV of France. Following

312-661: The Company of Saint Ursula chose to become an enclosed religious order . Pope Gregory XIII placed them under the Rule of Saint Augustine . Especially in France, groups of the company began to re-shape themselves as cloistered nuns, under solemn vows , and dedicated to the education of girls within the walls of their monasteries. In the following century, the Ursuline nuns were strongly encouraged and supported by Francis de Sales . They were called

364-624: The Imperial Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society . After the death of Bourgeois in 1792, Amiot started visiting the tombs of his Jesuit companions, where he prayed and meditated; he also carved the Jesuits' epitaphs on their tombs. News about the upheaval of the French Revolution distressed him to the point that his physical and mental health declined, and thus he had to stop visiting

416-462: The Louisiana Purchase in 1803, their charter came under the jurisdiction of the United States. They instituted a convent and school, both of which continue today. Ursuline Academy (New Orleans) is the oldest continually operating Catholic school in the United States and the oldest girls school in the United States. The Ursuline tradition holds many United States firsts in its dedication to

468-580: The National University of Ireland in 1978, and since 2003 is a college of the National University of Ireland, Galway . in 2022 St Angela's College became a constituent college of Atlantic Technological University The Irish Ursuline Union was established in 1978. In the United States , the Ursulines founded two well-known Catholic women's colleges . Ursuline College in Pepper Pike , Ohio ,

520-497: The flute . He tried to win over Chinese listeners by playing pieces by French baroque composers, including Rameau 's Les sauvages and Les cyclopes . These attempts, however, were not successful; when he asked the Chinese musicians for their opinions, they remarked that "your music was not made for our ears, nor our ears for your music". Lester Hu, assistant professor of musicology at the University of California, Berkeley has doubted

572-405: The "Ursuline nuns" as distinct from the "federated Ursulines" of the company, who preferred to follow the original way of life. Both forms of life continued to spread throughout Europe and beyond. At the beginning of the 18th century, the period of its greatest growth, the order was represented by 20 congregations, 350 convents and from 15,000 to 20,000 nuns . The Ursuline sisters were not

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624-721: The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. It is a co-educational residential college for approximately 200 undergraduates. In 2003 the college was sold to the university and was renamed Ursula Hall . The Ursuline tradition has been retained in the Hall's high educational standards, retention of Ursuline symbols and livery, and the observance in October of Ursies Weekend for relaxing and socializing before November exams. Ursuline secondary education schools are found across

676-514: The Chinese language. He adopted the Chinese name Qian Deming ( 錢德明 ) and wore Chinese clothing in order to adapt himself to the culture of China . In 1754, Amiot made a young Chinese man by the name of Yang Ya-Ko-Pe his assistant and instructed him in the European manner. Yang died in 1784, after working with Amiot for over thirty years. In 1762 the Parlement of Paris ordered the suppression of

728-524: The Eastern Province, Ursulines of the Central Province and Ursulines of the Western Province. The other branch is the Company of St. Ursula , commonly called the "Angelines", who follow the original form of life established by their foundress. Ursuline Academy, Springfield, Illinois was founded in 1857 by Mother Mary Joseph Wolfe and operated from 1857 until 2007. In 1767, Nano Nagle stayed with

780-687: The Great Falls Junior College for Women was founded in Great Falls , Montana . Now the University of Providence , it has an open admission policy. In 1921, the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville established Sacred Heart Junior College, which was expanded into a four-year college, Ursuline College, in 1938. Ursuline College merged with Bellarmine College in 1968, now Bellarmine University. The Mount Saint Joseph Junior College for Women operated between 1925 and 1950 in Maple Mount , Kentucky , with

832-602: The Portuguese Jesuits José d'Espinha and Emmanuel de Mattos, to Emperor Qianlong , who ordered that they be taken to the capital. On March 28, 1751, they left Macau for Guangzhou and arrived there five days later. They left Canton on June 2, and reached Beijing on August 22. After his arrival in Beijing, he was put in charge of the children's congregation of the Holy Guardian Angels. Alongside this, he studied

884-589: The Society of Jesus and the confiscation of its property. The society was abolished in France two years later, by the order of King Louis XV . The Jesuit mission in China survived for a while after their suppression, being protected by the Qianlong Emperor himself. The final blow, however, would be Pope Clement XIV 's brief, Dominus ac Redemptor , issued on July 21, 1773, with which the Bishop of Rome officially ordered

936-661: The United States and other countries. The first school was Ursuline Academy , began in 1727 in New Orleans, Louisiana . It is the oldest all-girls school in the country. The Academy of Mount St. Ursula High School in the Bronx is the oldest all-girls Catholic high school in New York State, founded in 1855, the same year Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded. In New York City, in 1873, James Boyce (1826–1876) invited

988-719: The United States include Ursuline Academy of Dallas , Texas , Ursuline Academy in Saint Louis, Missouri (founded in 1848), and Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware . In the London Borough of Newham , United Kingdom , is the all-female girl school St. Angela's , named after the founder of the Ursulines. Only the sixth form centre of the school allows males. The same applies to the Ursuline High School in Wimbledon, which

1040-856: The Ursuline Sisters on Rue des Ursulines in Paris while visiting her cousin Margaret Butler who had been professed just one year previously. In 1771, she established the first Ursuline convent in Ireland on Cove Lane in Cork. The community was made up of four Cork women – who were professed at the Ursuline Convent in the Rue St. Jacques in Paris – together with a reverend mother. In 1825, the sisters and their boarding students relocated to Blackrock . The first Ursuline primary and second-level schools were founded at Blackrock. At

1092-686: The Ursuline Sisters to provide young women with an opportunity to achieve their full potential. Throughout their lives, students continue to remain part of the Ursuline community and continue to carry forward the legacy of Angela de Merici, by serving their society. There is an Ursuline Convent, in Ranchi , Jharkhand , India. In Thailand, the Ursulines established Mater Dei School in Bangkok in 1928. Its elite alumni include Kings Ananda Mahidol and Bhumibol Adulyadej . Although an all-girls school, it enrolled boys from Kindergarten through Primary 2. In Indonesia,

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1144-524: The Ursuline nuns to found a girls' academy in St. Teresa's parish on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The new school, called St. Teresa's Ursuline Academy, located at 137 Henry Street, was incorporated in 1881 and as of 1891 had a faculty of five sisters teaching 62 pupils. In 1899, the Ursulines bought a two-story, wood-frame house farther uptown in Manhattan, at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and 93rd Street, converted

1196-613: The Ursulines established the Princess Juliana School in Batavia (1912), after its initial establishment as an Ursuline Convent in 1859. Now the school is known as St. Ursula Catholic School and is an all-girls school. Like their colleges, not all Ursuline secondary schools have remained single-sex. Villa Angela Academy, founded in 1878, in Cleveland, Ohio, merged with Marianist (Society of Mary) St. Joseph High School in 1990 forming

1248-579: The Ursulines offering co-educational extension courses at Owensboro. The Ursulines merged their extension courses with Mount Saint Joseph Junior College in 1950, creating the co-educational Brescia University that remains in operation. In 1966, the Ursulines established in Taiwan what became the Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages . From 1968 to 2003 the Ursuline Order operated Ursula College at

1300-501: The academics of Europe and China. His correspondence provided insight on the culture of China to the Europeans. He translated Chinese works into French. Most notably, his translation of Sun Tzu 's The Art of War is the first rendition of the work into a Western language. Amiot was born in Toulon on February 8, 1718 to Louis Amiot, the royal notary of Toulon, and Marie-Anne Serre. He was

1352-468: The aviation company named for Félix Amiot, and the products of this company including: The Amiot 110 The Amiot 120 series The Amiot 143 The Amiot 354 Amiot (car manufacturer) , French car manufacturer See also [ edit ] Amyot Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Amiot . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

1404-839: The coed Villa Angela St. Joseph High School. The aforementioned Ursuline Academy in Delaware permits male students in grades 1–3, and Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio , founded in 1905, is fully co-educational. Other Ursuline secondary schools in the United States include Beaumont School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio (founded in 1850); Ursuline Academy in San Antonio, TX (founded 1851 - closed 1992); Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio (founded in 1898); St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio;

1456-667: The corner of Cathedral Street and Singerly Avenue in historic Elkton, Maryland . The Ursulines ministered within the schoolhouse from 1927 to 1930, followed by the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Glen Ridde. in 1931, The Ursulines established St. Ursula's College in Toowoomba alongside Downlands College which was established by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart In 1932,

1508-601: The eldest of ten children: five boys and five girls. His brother Pierre-Jules-Roch Amiot would go on to become the lieutenant-general of the admiralty of Toulon and his sister, Marguerite-Claire was an Ursuline nun. Amiot maintained contact with both. After finishing his studies in philosophy and theology at the Jesuit seminary in Toulon, Amiot entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Avignon on September 27, 1737; he remained

1560-459: The financial loss they suffered by removing to Sligo. There they took up residence at "Seaville", the former house of Bishop Burke , Browne's predecessor, and renamed it St. Joseph's Convent. Nazareth free primary school was built in 1851. In 1952 the Ursulines established St. Angela's College, Sligo for the training of students and teachers in Home Economics, which became recognised college of

1612-671: The first Catholic nuns to land in the new world. They were preceded by the Hieronymites in 1585 in Mexico City, who established the convent of San Jerónimo y Santa Paula. In 1639, Mother Marie of the Incarnation , two other Ursuline nuns, three Augustinian sisters and a Jesuit priest left France for a mission in New France in what is now the Province of Quebec , Canada . When they arrived in

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1664-576: The first social welfare center. The Old Ursuline Convent is located in the Vieux Carre (New Orleans' French Quarter ). The building now houses the Archdiocese of New Orleans' Archives as well as operating as a tourist attraction/ museum with public tours available almost daily. They had a well established presence as a hospital by the time of the US Revolutionary War. Ursuline sisters treated in

1716-472: The growth of individuals, including the first female pharmacist, first woman to contribute a book of literary merit, first convent, first free school and first retreat center for ladies, first classes for female slaves (which continued until abolition), free women of color (a unique New Orleans group also known as Creoles of Color ) and Native Americans. In the Mississippi Valley region, Ursulines provided

1768-447: The house to a school building, and changed the name of their school to simply "Ursuline Academy". In 1905, a news article announced plans for a twenty-four-foot wide, four-story seminary building to be built on the site to the design of architect Joseph H. McGuire. The new building was constructed immediately to the west of Gen. Scott's old house, in its former garden. The order occupied both buildings until selling them in 1912, and moving

1820-558: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amiot&oldid=1075248954 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jean Joseph Marie Amiot Jean Joseph Marie Amiot ( Chinese : 錢德明 ; pinyin : Qián Démíng ; February 8, 1718 – October 8, 1793)

1872-536: The news of King Louis XVI's execution reached Amiot, who celebrated Mass for the deceased monarch. He died on the same night of October 8, or on the following day, October 9, 1793. In 1772 Amiot's translation of Sun Tzu 's The Art of War was published. It includes a translation of the Yongzheng Emperor 's Ten Precepts . Amiot was the first person to translate The Art of War in the West. The next translation of

1924-537: The request of James Butler, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Anastasia Tobin went to Cork to train as a religious. She was professed at the Ursuline convent in September 1787, and returned to Thurles where she commenced teaching. Joined in 1796 by two others also trained at Cork, a small Ursuline community was founded at Thurles. In 1816, four sisters from Thurles established a community in Waterford. In 1932, Providence School

1976-726: The same building both British and United States soldiers wounded in the war. They may have been the first group of women propagating the ideals of diversity in a society, which flowed directly from the teachings of St Ursula and her followers. Ursuline nuns, primarily from France and Germany, settled in other parts of North America including Boston (1820), Brown County, Ohio (1845), Cleveland (1850), New York City (1855), Louisville (1858), Chatham, Ontario (1860), and Bruno (1916) and Prelate (1919) in Saskatchewan. These foundations spread to other parts of North America including Toledo , Youngstown, OH , Mount St. Joseph, Kentucky Santa Rosa, Texas , and Mexico City . The members wore

2028-441: The school to the Ursuline Provinculate at Grand Boulevard and 165th Street in the Bronx, New York. (Both the house and school building were demolished for the construction of the Francis F. Palmer House beginning in 1916. The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, New York , is a school for girls in grades 6-12 and is closely affiliated with the nearby Iona Preparatory School . Other notable all-female Ursuline secondary schools in

2080-529: The summer of 1639, they studied the languages of the native peoples and then began to educate the native children. They taught reading and writing as well as needlework, embroidery, drawing, and other domestic arts. The Ursuline convent in Quebec City is the oldest educational institution for women in North America. Their work helped to preserve a religious spirit among the French population and to evangelize native peoples of New France. The first Ursulines arrived at Mobile, Alabama, in 1719 (though information

2132-422: The suppression of the Society of Jesus. The brief reached the French Jesuits in China on September 22, 1775 via a German Carmelite named Joseph de Sainte-Thérèse. The Jesuits of Beijing surrendered to it, resigned from the Society of Jesus and became secular priests. Wishing to keep the French mission alive, King Louis XVI sent them financial aid and appointed François Bourgeois as their administrator. Amiot

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2184-512: The tombs by September 1792. In 1792, Britain sent a diplomatic mission to China, led by George Macartney . The goals of the delegation were to open new trading ports with the country and establish a permanent mission there. Macartney had wished to meet Amiot in Beijing. However, he was too ill to meet the diplomat and instead sent him a portrait of himself and a letter, which was delivered on October 3, 1793. He gave his advice to Macartney and suggested that he leave China. On October 8, 1793,

2236-452: The veracity of this story. Amiot sent his translation of Li Guangdi 's Guyue Jingzhuan ( 古樂經傳 ), a treatise on Chinese music, to Paris in 1754; he later acknowledged that it contained errors and was incomplete. Jean-Philippe Rameau referenced the work in his 1760 treatise, Code de musique pratique , though Rameau's idea of harmony in Chinese music was erroneous. Amiot's own work on Chinese music, Mémoire sur la musique des Chinois

2288-402: The work in a Western language would not be made until Everard Ferguson Calthrop published his English rendition in 1905. Amiot could speak in Manchu , the language of the emperor. He wrote a Manchu-French dictionary, which was published from 1789 to 1790 with the help of Bertin; Prince Hongwu, a member of the Qing imperial family, praised the dictionary. He also wrote a Manchu grammar, which

2340-456: Was a French Jesuit priest who worked in Qing China , during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor . Born in Toulon , Amiot entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at the age of 19. After he was ordained in 1746, he aspired to serve in an overseas mission. Eventually, he was assigned a mission in China and left France in 1749. He arrived at Beijing in 1751 and remained there for the rest of his life. Amiot served as an intermediary between

2392-493: Was eventually given a mission to China. Earlier, in a letter to his brother, he had expressed his desire to serve in a delegation to this particular country. He left France in 1749, accompanied by Chinese Jesuits Paul Liu and Stanislas Kang, who had been sent to study in France and were returning to their home country. Kang died at sea, before the party could reach China. They arrived at Macau on July 27, 1750. The Jesuits of Beijing announced Amiot's arrival, along with that of

2444-442: Was founded in 1871 by the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland . It was followed in 1904 by College of New Rochelle , now closed, but was located in New Rochelle , New York . In 1919, the Ursulines founded a university-level liberal arts college for women in London , Ontario , Canada. Currently called Brescia University College (Brescia College at its foundation), it remains the only women-only university-level college in Canada and

2496-436: Was named as Bourgeois' replacement in the event of his absence. Subsequently, Amiot turned his attention to writing. He maintained contact with Henri Bertin , the foreign minister of France. His correspondences were published from 1776 to 1791 in the Mémoires concernant l’histoire, les sciences, les arts, les mœurs et les usages des Chinois . He also corresponded with other European Academies, including brief contacts with

2548-403: Was never published. Amiot carried out scientific observations and experiments while working in China. For example, he made a record of the weather in Beijing, which was published by Charles Messier in 1774. He also tried to build a hot air balloon , but was discouraged by Prince Hongwu, for fear of the danger of flying and disseminating the discovery. Amiot could play the harpsichord and

2600-413: Was opened to serve the needs of the travelling community. In 1839, George Joseph Plunket Browne , Bishop of Galway , brought the Ursuline Order of nuns to Dangan on the Oughterard road. In 1844, Browne was translated to the Diocese of Elphin . The Ursulines Order followed him to Elphin, first to Summerhill in Athlone and then to Sligo. He raffled his carriage to raise funds to compensate the sisters for

2652-406: Was published twice by Pierre-Joseph Roussier in 1779 and 1780. The author's supplements to the work were not published until 1997. He also sent collections of Chinese music and instruments to France. In 1777, he sent a Sheng , thus contributing to the development of the harmonica in Europe. Ursulines In 1572 in Milan , under Charles Borromeo , the Archbishop of Milan , members of

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2704-441: Was selected as a Regional Winner - "London Secondary" in the Church School Awards 2011. Ursulines also have St Ursula's Convent School in Greenwich which educates girls aged 11 to 16 and coeducational Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea . The British philosopher and author Celia Green has written extensively about her time at the Ursuline High School (now Ursuline Academy Ilford ) in Ilford , London. Angela de Merici inspired

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