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The College was founded by John de Balliol in 1263, and was consolidated by the latter’s widow, Dervorguilla of Galloway in 1282. De Balliol was the head of a family which had been prominent land-owners in England and France for several generations.
History of the Chapel. The existing Chapel is the third on the site. The first was under construction by 1309 and more or less finished by 1328, when the Abbot of Reading assisted with gifts of money, tools, and materials. But the College had an approved private oratory even before that.
For more about the founders of the College, see this webpage on the founders of Balliol and their families. The College celebrated its 750 th anniversary in 2013. The College’s patron saint is St Catherine of Alexandria.
Apr 11, 2016 · In his life of Ronald Knox Evelyn Waugh wrote that, when Knox went up to Balliol in 1906, the chapel ‘was stark new in its disastrous deformation of Butterfield’s original structure.’ Waugh’s date was wrong by thirty years, but the story of the ‘deformation’ is a complex one.
Balliol College (/ ˈbeɪliəl /) [4] is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. [5] Founded in 1263 by John I de Balliol, [6] it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. [7]
5 days ago · The Chapel. At first the scholars of Balliol had no chapel of their own but attended the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene.
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Oct 23, 2024 · The college was founded by John Balliol of Barnard Castle and Devorgilla his wife between 1263 and 1268. There is mention of the building of a chapel of St. Catherine in 1327–8 but its position is uncertain.
