Foundation of the College commenced by Monsignor John Baptist
Vives in the Pontificate of Urban VIII.—Acts and Beneficence
of the Pontiff—The Offices of the Sacred Congregation of
the Propaganda formed in the Palace of Vives in the Piazza
di Spagna—Foundations for Students by Vives in the Urban
College—Foundations by Cardinal Antonio Barberini—Notice
of the Foundation of the College by the Rector, Monsignor
Conrado, taken from the Archives of the Propaganda—Foundations
from 1637 to 1883—Nationalities represented in the Urban
College—Proportion of the Irish from the beginning—Privileges
granted to Irish Students—_Alumni_ of other Missionary Colleges
Taught Gratuitously in the Propaganda Schools.