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Douai
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Dou·ai  (d-) Formerly Dou·ay (d-)
A town of northern France northeast of Amiens. Under the patronage of Philip II of Spain a Roman Catholic college for English priests was established here. It produced an English translation of the Bible in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Population: 43,200.
Douai [ˈduːeɪ (French) dwɛ]
n
(Placename) an industrial city in N France: the political and religious centre of exiled English Roman Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries. Pop.: 199 562 (1990)
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Ushaw College was originally founded in Douai, France, in 1568 but relocated to Durham in 1808.
SEMINARY CELEBRATES BICENTENARY WITH ANCIENT SKILLS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Representatives from the William Allen Association in Douai, France - the site of the original college before it moved to England in the 1790s - were among the 250 guests.
Historic college blessed by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Also TG may wish to know that Gracie Fields, as a member ENSA, entertained the troops in December 1939 at Douai, France.
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