Collège Saint-Michel (German: Kollegium St. Michael) is a Gymnasium school located in Fribourg, Switzerland. It was established in 1582 by the Jesuit order as a boys' school.
It is a public and secular secondary school preparing for university studies. It is located in the heart of the city of Friborg on Belzé hill. It is a mixed and bilingual high school (French, German) which has around 1,300 students. Alongside the gymnasium classes, the school also houses the Passerelle, an adult training course offered to holders of a professional or specialized maturity. The reputation of Collège St-Michel, founded in 1582, extends well beyond the canton of Friborg and many personalities were trained there.
Personalities Rectors Pierre Michel (1582–1888) Jean-Baptiste Jaccoud (1888–1924) Hubert Savoy (1924–1939) Romain Pittet (1939–1952) Mgr Edouard Cantin (1952–1971) Abbé André Bise (1971–1983) Michel Corpataux (1983–1989) Jean Baeriswyl (1989–1996) Nicolas Renevey (1996–2004) Jacques de Coulon (2004–2008) Matthias Wider (since 2008)
Notable teachers Jean-Pierre Dorand Fabrice Hadjadj Félicien Morel Claude Schorderet Denis Clerc Michel Bugnon-Mordant Laurent Bardy Caroline Julen
Notable alumni
Erich von Däniken, ancient astronaut theorist Patrick Aebischer (1954– ), president of the EPFL Abbé Joseph Bovet (1879–1951), composer Dominique de Buman (1956– ), national councilor Jacques Chessex (1934–2009), writer Michel Dénériaz (1928–1999), radio host and game show Joseph Deiss (1946– ), former federal councilor Antoine Dousse (1924–2006), bookseller, teacher and writer Claude Frochaux (1935), writer, publisher Emile Gardaz (1931–2007), poet and writer Félix Glutz, vaudois politician François Gross (1931–2015), journalist Pierre Hemmer (1950–2013), one of the Internet pioneers in Switzerland Armin Jordan (1932–2006) orchestra conductor Cardinal Charles Journet (1891–1974) Anthony Kohlmann (1771–1836), Jesuit educator Mgr Pierre Mamie (1920–2008), bishop Jules Marmier (1874–1975), Swiss composer, cellist, organist and choirmaster Georges Python, conseiller d'État, principal founder in 1891 of the University of Fribourg Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon (1817–1854), adventurer, conqueror of the desert of Sonora (Mexico) Count Gonzague de Reynold (1880–1970), historian and writer Léon Savary (1895–1968), writer and journalist Peter Scholl-Latour (1924–2014), journalist Vladimir Serbinenko, Switzerland's first gold medallist at the International Mathematical Olympiad Father Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1835–1842), founder of Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Ernst Wilczek (1862–1948), botanist
See also List of Jesuit schools
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