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| Latin:Collegium S. Beda de Urbe | |
Former name | Collegio Ecclesiastico Collegio Pio |
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| Motto | Christo spectante curramus |
| Type | Seminary |
| Established | 1852; 173 years ago (1852) |
| Founder | Pope Pius IX |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Rector | Canon Marcus Holden |
| Location | , |
| Website | https://bedacollege.org/ |
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ThePontifical Beda College (Italian:Pontificio Collegio Beda) is aCatholicseminary in Rome. It was founded as theCollegio Ecclesiastico at thePalazzo dei Convertendi in 1852 byPope Pius IX and is intended for older men, often convert clergymen, wishing to prepare for thepriesthood.
This college was moved in 1854 to theEnglish College to accommodate a larger number of clergymen from England who had joined the Roman Catholic Church from other Christian denominations and wished to prepare for the Catholic priesthood. They came for only four years, because they were seen to have significant experience already. Here the college became known as theCollegio Pio. It also included lifelong Catholics drawn to the priesthood later in life, and priests studying for post-graduate degrees in Rome.[1] PopeLeo XIII issued a new constitution in 1898 and placed the college under the patronage ofBede, the eighth-century Anglo-Saxon monk and scholar.Edward Henry Howard bequeathed to the two colleges his library.[2]
It was decided by theSacred Congregation of Studies (1917), that it should be completely separated from theVenerable English College, and that it should have a corporate life entirely of its own under a rector and staff of its own and in its own premises. Pending the acquisition of a permanent home, temporary premises were rented in the Prati di Castello from the Polish Hospice.Horace Kinder Mann was brought from England to be the new rector, and J. C. Richards was appointed vice-rector. The Bede students took up their new quarters on 2 January 1918.[3]
When the First World War ended, the Polish returned to Rome and the Beda became homeless. The community was transferred in 1922 to the Via S. Niccolo da Tolentino close by thePiazza Barberini. The college made progress under the guidance of Mann and his vice-rector McShane.[4]
In 1956 PopePius XII provided from theextraterritorial property of the Holy See the land on which the present Beda stands, adjacent to theBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. PopeJohn XXIII formally opened the new building on 20 October 1960.[5]
The Beda remains the responsibility of theBishops of England and Wales but now receives men from English-speaking countries worldwide.[5]
With plans to relocate theScots College, it was announced in May 2023 that students of the Scots College would move to Beda College in September 2023, until a permanent location is found.[6]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Roman Colleges".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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