Saint Benoit High School



The Jesuits came to the Ottoman Empire in 1583. They were given permission from the sultan to stay in the building known today as Saint Benoit College.


The Jesuits were founded in 1583 in Saint Benoit. They also took over the management of a French institution called Benoit. On 18 November 1583, King of France III. At the request of Henri Pope XIII. Gregorius took the monastery from the Benedictine order and gave it to the Jesuit priests, and under Jules Mancinelli, four Jesuit priests, two French and two Italian, took over the institution. The first educational institution in Saint-Benoît was established in 1583, again with the initiative of the Jesuit priests, attached to the monastery. During the plague epidemic in 1586, when all the Jesuits in charge died, the Kapusen priests took over the school. However, by going to the Topkapı Palace of Saint Joseph de Leonessa, one of these priests, Sultan III. Upon Murad's call to become a Christian, the Capuchin priests were arrested and deported. For this reason, the school was in danger of closing, but the Jesuits soon returned to the school and managed to keep the institution alive. During this period, Saint-Benoît became the center of Jesuit activities in the Ottoman lands.

In the plague of 1586, all Jesuits died. A new group of Jesuits came in 1609 mainly to do three things:


- Saint Teaching and managing at Benoit High School.


- Taking care of the spiritual needs of Christian slaves (Christians captured by the Ottoman army in wars or raids).


- Traveling through the region (as far as Trabzon and Yerevan) preaching mostly to local Christians (to Armenians, Greeks and Levantines).


In 1625, a group of Jesuits was sent to Aleppo, Damascus, Tripoli and Sidon.


Saint Benoit High School


Officially known as Private Saint Benoit French High School, (It is a secondary education institution located in Karaköy district of Beyoğlu district of Istanbul. Apart from the imperial period educational institutions that were later westernized, Saint Benoît is Turkey's oldest Western education institution. At the same time, the high school is the oldest Latino education institution in Istanbul. -one of the Catholic institutions. More than 900 students are studying at the high school today. The education period is 5 years, including the "Preparatory Class". It provides education in French and Turkish. English as a second foreign language is compulsory. In accordance with the curriculum and rules of the Turkish Ministry of National Education, academic It provides an education equivalent to French schools.The diploma of the high school is equivalent to the French Baccalaureate.Saint Benoît High School was awarded with the FrancEducation brand, which is given to foreign schools that ensure the spread of the French language and culture, in 2013. Socially successful, Saint Benoit French High School, missing students, ballet, dance, theater It also provides opportunities in areas such as music.


Founded by Jesuit missionaries who settled in the Benoit Church and Monastery, provided education to Greek and Jewish children as well as Latin children. The school, which was closed in 1585 due to an epidemic, was reopened in 1609. When the Jesuit order was abolished in 1773, it was handed over to the Lazarists. In 1831 the syllabus was adapted to schools in Europe. In 1839, the girls' section was opened. The two divisions merged in 1987.

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