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…for youth, housing around 80 individuals. Since this Prince of Halberstadt, known as the "mad bishop," openly declared himself a mortal enemy of the Jesuits, it was feared that, if the city were taken by storm, all would be massacred. It was decided to dissolve the college, and this decision was carried out. As the enemy gradually began to encircle…
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