Almo Collegio Capranica
The Almo Collegio Capranica is the oldest Roman college, founded in 1457 by Cardinal Domenico Capranica in his own palace for 31 young clerics, who received an education suitable for the formation of good priests. Capranica himself drew up their rules and presented the college with his own library, the more valuable portion of which was later transferred to the Vatican. The cardinal's brother, Angelo Capranica, erected opposite his own palace a suitable house for the students.
When the Constable de Bourbon laid siege to Rome in 1527, the Capranica students were among the few defenders of the Porta di S. Spirito, and all of them with their rector fell at the breach. The rector, according to the university custom of those days, was elected by the students and was always one of them. Pope Alexander VII decided that the rector should be appointed by the protectors of the college.
After the French Revolution, the college was re-established in 1807; the number of free students was reduced to 13, but paying students were admitted. Currently, the college has over 50 students.
The Capranica has produced many notable ecclesiastics, including among its alumni Popes Benedict XV and Pius XII, and numerous cardinals.
Alumni
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Pope Benedict XV (Born Giacomo della Chiesa,1854-1922), Pope from 3 September 1914 to 22 January 1922 -
Pope Pius XII (Born Eugenio Pacelli, 1872-1958), Pope from 2 March 1939 to 9 October 1958 -
Cardinal Bartolomeo Bacilieri (1842–1923) Bishop of Verona (1900-1923) -
Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1843–1913)Cardinal Secretary of State (1887-1903) -
Cardinal Niccolò Marini (1843-1923) Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches -
Cardinal Aristide Rinaldini (1844-1920) Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals -
Cardinal Camillo Laurenti (1861-1938) Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Religious of the Sacred Congregation of Rites -
Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani (1871-1951), Secretary of Propaganda Fidei and of the Holy Office, and Vicar of Rome -
Cardinal Nicola Canali (1874-1961) President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1939-1961) -
Cardinal Luigi Maglione (1877-1944), Cardinal Secretary of State (1939-1944) -
Cardinal Enrico Dante (1884-1967) Master of Pontifical Ceremonies (1947-1967) -
Cardinal Clemente Micara (1879—1965) Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites (1950-1953) -
Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella (1879-1970) Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments (1954-1968) -
Cardinal Luigi Traglia (1895-1977) Cardinal Vicar of Rome (1965-1968) -
Cardinal Guido Del Mestri (1911-1993) Nuncio Apostolico to West Germany (1975-1984) -
Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci (1917- ) Director of the Sistine Chapel Choir (1956- ) -
Cardinal Lorenzo Antonetti (1922- ) President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See -
Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (1925- ), Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls -
Cardinal Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929-2006), Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura -
Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic (1930- ) Archbishop of Toronto (1990-2007) -
Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani (1931- ), President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1997-2008) -
Cardinal Renato Martino (1932- ), President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2002-2009) -
Cardinal Camillo Ruini (1932- )Vicar of the Diocesis of Rome (1991–2008), President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (1991– 2007) -
Cardinal Paolo Romeo (1938- ), Archbishop of Palermo (2007- ) -
Archbishop Antonio Buoncristiani, archbishop of Siena, Colle di Val d'Elsa and Montalcino (2001-) -
Archbishop Roland Minnerath, Archbishop of Dijon (2004- ) -
Archbishop Renato Boccardo, Archbishop of Spoleto and Norcia (2009-) -
Archbishop Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation(2010-) -
Archbishop Francesco Alfano, Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia (2012-)
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Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, Bishop of Assisi and Norcia (2005- )
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Archbishop Michele Pennisi (1946-) Archbishop of Monreale (2013-) -
Archbishop Piero Pioppo, Nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinee (2010- )
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Bishop Filippo Santoro (1948-, Archbishop of Taranto (2011- ) -
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Bishop Franco Gualdrini (1923-2010) Bishop of Terni, Narni and Amelia (1983-2000) -
Bishop Mansueto Bianchi, Bishop of Volterra (2000-2006) and Pistoia (2006- ). -
Bishop Paolo Gillet, (1929- ) Auxiliary Bishop of Albano (1993-2005) -
Bishop Giuseppe Orlandoni, (1939- ) Bishop of Senigallia (1997- ) -
Bishop Richard John Grecco (1946-) bishop of Charlottetown (2009-) -
Mons. Mariano Crociata (1953-) bishop of Noto, secretary general of the Italian Bishops Conference (2008-) -
Bishop Frederick Colli (1949-) bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario (1999-) -
Bishop Vincenzo Orofino, bishop of Tricarico -
Bishop Fausto Tardelli (1951 - ), Bishop of San Miniato (2004- ) -
Bishop Claudio Maniago (1959-), Ausiliary bishop of Florence (2003-) -
Bishop Vincenzo Apicella, Bishop of Velletri-Segni (2006-)
- Card Pietro Pavan (1903–1994)
- Card Antonio Vico (1847–1929)
- Card Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella (1840 — 1910)
- Arch Alfonso Carinci (1862–1963) Secretary S.C. dei Riti (1945–1960) Rector of the Capranica (1911–1930)