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0)ur fUnftr HE early years of the nineteenth century saw the beautiful grounds which we know today as Yillanova in the possession of a Catholic merchant of Philadelphia, a Mr. John Rudolph. At that time, they bore the name of Belle Air and the title was particularly fitting for the location. Mr. Rudolph died in 1841 and the estate was offered for sale. The location was ideal for a private country seat or a public institution. The Rev. Thomas Kyle, of St. Augustine’s, Philadelphia, and the Very Rev. Patrick E. Moriarity, Commissary of the province, took advantage of this splendid opportunity for a firm establishment of the Augustinian Order in the United States. As a result, on Wednesday, October IB, 18-41, the day before the one appointed for the public sale, they purchased Belle Air for the sum of 18,000 dollars. On January 5, 1842, the title to Belle Air was granted to the “Brothers of the Order of St. Augustine.” Brothers Dennis Gallagher and Jeremiah Ryan, in the spring of 1843, were the first of the Order to be sent from St. Augustine’s, Philadelphia, to Belle Air to open the mansion. According to tradition, Father O’Dwyer, of St. Augustine’s, said Mass in the parlor oratory of the mansion and blessed the new Monastery on St. Augustine’s Day, August 28, 1848, placing it under the patronage of St. Thomas of Villanova. A more appropriate patron could not have been chosen than St. Thomas. He was a truly saint- ly man and known to all for his charity to the poor. After this first Mass had been celebrated and the dedication had taken place, the estate was no longer known as Belle Air but was called Villanova. On September 14, 1843, school was be- gun for those who w i s h e d to attain Fourteen
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