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The story
The Lyon Catholic University has stood at the confluence of the Saône and Rhône rivers in the city center of Lyon since its founding. Its creation in 1875 was initiated by lay Catholics following passage of a law on the freedom of higher education. Inaugural classes began in 1875.
Historical sites
Its first historic site was the Hôtel de Juys, near Place Bellecour. It housed the faculties of philosophy, arts and languages, science and theology, as well as the rectorate, administration and central services, including international relations, communications, academic administration and human development.
Since 2005, the Catholic University of Lyon has been located on two campuses that are close to each other in the city center:
The Carnot Campus houses the Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences, the Faculty of Philosophy, The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Literature and Civilizations including the ESTRI School of Translation and international relations,
The Saint-Paul Campus houses the Faculty of Law, Political, European and International Studies, the Faculty of Sciences and Health (including ESTBB), the Faculty of Economics and Management (including Lyon Business School, ESDES) together with the rectorate, the university administration, central university services, the Department of Humanities and the 'Lyon Polytechnic Institute'.
In September 2020, UCLy opened a campus in Annecy called “Alpes Europe”. The campus offers UCLy programmes in law, management through ESDES, life sciences through ESTBB, history, and primary-school teacher education.
Patron saints
Since its foundation, Irenaeus of Lyon and Thomas Aquinas have been the patron saints of the Catholic University of Lyon.
In a brief dated 30 January 1877, Pope Pius IX granted a plenary indulgence to the university’s donors. One of the conditions was that, after confession and communion, they should visit their parish church on the feast days of St Irenaeus and St Thomas Aquinas and pray there for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.
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The university offers a government-backed diploma in religious freedom and secularism, designed especially for foreign Muslim imams; however, not enough people enroll in it.
From Wikipedia’s article on Catholic University of Lyon, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5