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Short history of the Roman College
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The church of St. Ignatius was built as church of the Roman College which was the work of St. Ignatius and founded in 1551 as a "School of grammar, humanities and christian doctrine, free of charge".
The Roman College was an important institute within the movement of spiritual restoration developped by the Council of Trent.
The Jesuits consider all the good of Christianity and of all the world depends on the good education of the young and they made a great contribution to the spread of science and literature, the Christian education of the young and the philosophical and theological training of the Catholic clergy all over the world.
The Roman College had various provisional centres until 1560 when it estabilished itself in a number of buildings donated by the Marchesa della Tolfa in the area now partially occupied by the church of St. Ignatius. Between 1562 and 1567 the adjacent church of the Annunziata was built, with its façade on the present via di S. Ignazio.
The new college was inaugurated in 1584, three years after Gregory XIII 's decision to construct it, the acquisition of the area and beginning of the work in 1581.
In order to make the centre as large and as suitable as possible for teaching, Gregory XIII was responsible for construction of the southern part of the building.
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