Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix
The Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, often called Sainte-Croix de Neuilly, is a Roman Catholic educational institution under contract with the State, located in Neuilly-sur-Seine in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France.
Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix

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• Name — Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix • Location — 30 Avenue du Roule • City — 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine • Country — France • Established — 1856 • Principal — Dominique de Chermont
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Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France as an organisation (established 1856). The founding of Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix is dated 1856.
History
History
Founded in 1856 at the Château des Ternes by the Congregation of Holy Cross, the establishment was transferred to its present location in 1866. The national ranking of classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) is based on the admission rate of students to the grandes écoles. In 2021, 31.50% of the class entered the top 3 (HEC, ESSEC, ESCP) and 80.3% the top 6, thus confirming the progression of previous years.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Alain Daniélou, French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer, and notable Western convert to and expert on the Shaivite sect of Hinduism • Bertrand Le Gendre, French journalist and essayist • Bernard Lefort, French lyric baritone, and later an opera director • François Polgár, contemporary French choral conductor, organist, composer and musicologist • Étienne Vatelot, French luthier
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• Illustration — The institution on a postcard • Illustration — Sainte-Croix Professors in 1912 • Illustration — The institution in 2015

The escutcheon of the private school Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly, near Paris.
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