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In 1847, Bishop Portier invited the Fathers of the Lyons Province of the Society of Jesus to take possesion of the College, and, like other Jesuit schools, Spring Hill began to follow a European model of education in which students began attending at nine years old and proceeded through both secondary and collegiate levels. The sons of Mobile's established families representing multiple denominations and faith traditions attended Spring Hill High School and College.

 

Pictured is Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Archbishop of Lyon he was a patron of Spring Hill College.