Pontifical North American College
The Pontifical North American College (NAC) is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Rome, Italy, that prepares seminarians to become priests in the United States and elsewhere. The NAC also provides a residence for priests who are pursuing graduate work at other pontifical universities in Rome. The NAC also has a continuing education program for veteran priests.
First Class of the Pontifical North American College, circa 1860
William O'Connell was the seventh rector of the college, from 1895 to 1901.
View of the Janiculum campus of the North American College from the cupola of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
Gaetano Bedini was an Italian ecclesiastic, cardinal, and diplomat of the Catholic Church.
Image in the Viterbo Cathedral.
Heraldry of Cardinal Bedini.
Daguerreotype of Cardinal Bedini in the U.S. in 1853 (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, USA).
Bedini Church at Senigallia.