Second oldest college in Rome. The initiative towards its foundation was taken by Cardinal Giovanni Morone and Saint Ignatius Loyola, c.1552;Gregory XIII was the real founder. The Hungarian College was founded, 1578, through P. Szanto, SJ; and the two colleges were united, 1580. In 1886 the German College was transferred to the Hotel Costanzi, and receives students from Germany and Hungary.
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