École Massillon

École Massillon
Location
2 bis quai des Célestins, Paris

Coordinates48°51′07″N 2°21′44″E / 48.85184°N 2.362263°E / 48.85184; 2.362263
Information
TypePrivate school under contract of association with the State
Motto"L’école n’est pas seulement un lieu de transmission du savoir, elle est aussi un lieu de communication des consciences".
("The school is not only a place of transmission of knowledge, it is also a place of communication of consciousness")
Established10 October 1877 (1877-10-10)
PrincipalL. Genou (2005-2012)
T. Michon (2012-)
Websitewww.ecolemassillon.com

The école Massillon is a private educational establishment under contract with the state with 1380 students (in 2015). The establishment is under the control of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. It is located in the hôtel Fieubet and the Gratry Building, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.

The establishment bears the name of Jean-Baptiste Massillon (1663-1742), a celebrated orator who gave the funeral oration for Louis XIV. There is also a rue Massillon in the same arrondissement, located on the île de la Cité.