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The article is on the history of the Piarist school in Raseiniai. In terms of administration, it belonged to the Lithuanian province. Not many sources on this institution are preserved, particularly those from the 18th century, and therefore its history is little known. It was one of the last collegia established by this Order. After the Third Partition, it became part of the Russian state. The aim of this article is to present the school’s activity; archival materials were used, which were found as a result of an inquiry in the country and the National Lithuanian Historical Archive in Vilnius and the General Archive of the Piarist Order in Rome. They have never been used by Polish scholars before. This allowed to verify and – to a great extent – supplement the current research on this school. The collegium was founded around 1743, and a school was opened at the collegium. The collegium together with the school were closed in 1833. |
