Seminarians and old boys have marked the 400th anniversary of their college’s founder, who was once England’s most wanted “traitor”.
Dozens of former students and friends of the English College in Valladolid joined seminarians for a week of celebrations in memory of Fr Robert Persons.
The chapel was packed for a Mass on the feast day of the 23 college martyrs, which was followed by a Requiem Mass for Persons and college benefactors later in the week.
Mgr Michael Kujacz, college rector, said: “We had a great week. The Requiem Mass for Robert Persons and our benefactors was lovely. An exhibition in the city telling the story of Persons has proved to have been very popular. The celebrations culminated in an evening of wonderful music from England, Italy and Spain – which Robert Persons would have been familiar with.”
