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If someone went to a seminary, then that person is an ex-seminarian. Calling someone a "former seminarian" to differentiate them from an ex-seminarian is a distinction without a difference.

Antonio Vivaldi
(1678-1741)

Born in Venice. Became a priest, but left after about a year because of poor health.

Violin teacher, composer, and conductor at a Venetian music school for orphaned and illegitimate girls.

Bernard Law
(1931)

Born Torreon, Mexico. Harvard University, B.A., 1953. Enrolled at St. Joseph Seminary in St. Benedict, La. Pontifical College Josephinum Ordained 1961. Archbishop of Boston, 1984. Named cardinal, 1985.Resigned in disgrace 2002 after his involvement in the clergy sexual abuse scandal in Boston. Promptly appointed to a high position in the Vatican by John Paul II

Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Stalin) (1879-1953).

Born in Gori, Georgia. Seminarian at Tbilisi Theological Seminary.

Premier of Soviet Union. Nototious mass murderer.