Pontifical Irish College

Pontifical Irish College Rome
Irish Coláiste Pontaifiúil na nGael
Latin: Pontificum Collegium Hibernorum
Italian: Pontifico Collegio Irlandese
MottoUt Christiani Ita et Romani Sitis
TypeSeminary
Established1628
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic
RectorPaul Finnerty
Students60
Location
Rome
,
Italy
NicknameIrish College Rome
AffiliationsJesuits (1635–1772)
Websitehttp://www.irishcollege.org/

The Pontifical Irish College is a Catholic seminary in Rome for the training and education of priests.[1] The college is located at #1, Via dei Santi Quattro, and serves as a residence for clerical students from all over the world. Designated a pontifical college in 1948, it is the last Irish College in continental Europe.[2]

  1. ^ Pontificio Collegio Irlandese
  2. ^ Binasco, Matteo, and Vera Orschel. “Prosopography of Irish Students Admitted to the Irish College, Rome, 1628-1798 [with Index].” Archivium Hibernicum, vol. 66, 2013, pp. 16–62. JSTOR