College Publications

There have been a number of publications by or about the College over the years. Below are those currently available.

We also publish an annual journal The Venerabile - See the Venerabile page for more details. 

​You can order copies of these publications by sending an email to the Rector's Secretary

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Michael E. Williams 
The Venerable English College Rome: A History

Gracewing 2008. hardback, pp. xx + 343
ISBN 978 0 85244 048 3​

This book, first published in 1978, and here reissued in a revised and updated edition, recounts the history of the College since 1579 when it became a place for the preparation of priests to work in the mission in England and Wales.

Available from booksellers such as Amazon or Book Depository

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Andrew Headon (ed.) 
The Church of the English College in Rome: Its History, Its Restoration
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Gangemi Edirore 2009, Large format, pp. 223 + DVD
ISBN 978-88-492-1749-0

Foreword H.E Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Introductn Rev. Mgr. Nicholas Hudson, Rector
Contributors: Eamon Duffy, Carol M. Richardson,, Judith Champ, Angelo Broggi, Sara Marascialli, Paolo Violini, Claudio Riotta.

Available in hardback or paperback, from the College or via booksellers

Also available in Italian

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Paul Keane
The Martyr's Crown: Rome and the English Church

Family Publications 2009, paperback, pp.232
ISBN 978 1 907380 00 6

Explains the historical context of the 1583 fresco cycle painted in the church by Circgnani, reproduced in the tribune of the present church, and also contains a picture of each fresco and a detailed explanation of its contents.

Unavailable new online, but copies may be found in Catholic bookshops, and there are still copies available from the College

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John Allen (ed.)
The English Hospice in Rome

Venerable English College, 2012, paperback, pp. xiv + 316

This is an updated re-issue of the special 1962 600th anniversary edition of The Venerabile, with new photography and a new article on the Hospice library.

Foreword: Mgr. Nicholas Hudson (rector),
Contributors: John Allen, Bernard Linares, Joseph Ibbot, George Hay, Brian Newns, George B. Parks, Anthony Kenny Geoffrey Anstruther, James Willoughby.

Available from the College or the Friends of the Venerabile

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Judith Champ
Memorial Inscriptions in the Venerable English College, Rome.
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Venerable English College, 2012, paperback, pp.111

Contains the text and translations for all the extant memorial inscriptions from the College church, together with a short essay on each explaining who the people remembered were. Also contains images of most of the memorials.

Available from the College or the Friends of the Venerabile.

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Mark Langham
The Venerable English College: A Short History and Guide
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Venerable English College, 2009, paperback, pp. 96

Foreword by H. E. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
Amply illustrated, with text in both English and Italian
Also available as a box set in hardback with The Martyrs' Cycle (below)

Available from the College

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Paul Keane
The Martyrs' Cycle from the Church of the Venerable English College, Rome: A Translation and Commentary

Venerable English College, 2009, paperback, pp. 102

Complete with pictures of all 34 frescoes.Text in both English and Italian
Also available as a box set in hardback with The Venerable English College (above)

Available from the College

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Andrew Headon (ed.)
Cherishing our Heritage: The Reopening of the Venerable English College Archives and Third Library
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Venerable English College, 2007, paperback, pp. 48

Foreword: Mgr. Nicholas Hudson (Rector)
Contributors: Iris Jones, Carol Richardson, Judith Champ.

Available from the College

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Tony Philpot
A Short History of Palazzola
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Venerable English College, 2004, paperback, pp. 32

Available from Palazzola

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