The Almo Collegio Capranica is the oldest Roman college, founded in 1457 by Cardinal Domenico Capranica (1400–1458) in his own palace for thirty young clerics, who received an education suitable to prepare them for the priesthood.
Madonna with child and saints by Antoniazzo Romano, Chapel, Almo Collegio Capranica
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Domenico Capranica was an Italian theologian, canonist, statesman, and cardinal.
Domenico Capranica. Detail of a painting by Pinturicchio.