Rome, Italy, Dec 7, 2020 / 09:38 am
The Scottish seminary in Rome is looking to relocate closer to the city center next year, after determining that needed updates to the current building will not be cost-effective.
The Pontifical Scots College has been at its present location, about six miles north of Rome's city center, since 1964. The move will be only the college's fourth since it was founded in 1600.
According to a Dec. 5 statement from the Scotland bishops' conference, the seminary property will be put on the market early next year and "alternative suitable and affordable premises are being considered as a matter of priority."
The current seminary campus required upgrading which the Scottish bishops determined to be beyond the resources of the conference to pay.