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The Catholic Church in Scotland earned €9million (£7.6m) when it sold its seminary in Rome.
The Pontifical Scots College dates back to 1600 when, following the Reformation, exiled Catholic clergy attempted to recover and reform the extant Scottish ecclesiastical institutions abroad.
It was established by Pope Clement VIII on December 5 of that year and opened two years later with only 11 students, becoming a priest's training school in 1616 after the martyrdom of Saint John Ogilvie.
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A site on Via Cassia was officially opened by Pope Paul VI in 1964 but it was closed in 2023 after it was determined that required upgrades would be too expensive.
A sale was officially completed in July of this year, when the building was sold to real estate development company Redbrick Advisors for €9.5m.
The Scots College is temporarily residing at the Pontifical Beda College while a new building is found.
The original grave slabs of James Francis Edward Stuart, Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict Stuart were affixed to the walls of the crypt, though their remains are in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City.