College Publications
There have been a number of publications by or about the College over the years.
We also publish an annual journal, the Venerabile, and the Roman Association produces Venerabile Voices.
Below are publications that are currently available. You can order copies by sending an email to the Rector's Secretary using the buttons below each description.
Memory, Martyrs, and Mission
Essays to Commemorate the 850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket (c. 1118–1170)
Maurice Whitehead (ed.)
Foreword by Mgr Philip Whitmore
Gangemi, 2020, pp. 144
ISBN 978 88 492 4007 8
This is the collection of papers delivered at the 2018 Symposium in Rome to mark the 900th anniversary of the birth of St Thomas of Canterbury, the 450th anniversary of the founding of the English College at Douai, and the bicentenary of the re-opening of the VEC.
Contributors: Judith Champ, Peter Davidson, Eamon Duffy, Peter Leech, Peter Phillips, Carol M. Richardson, Nicholas Schofield, Maurice Whitehead
The Venerable English College Rome: A History
Michael E. Williams
Gracewing, 2008, hardback, pp. xx + 343
ISBN 978 0 85244 048 3
This book, first published in 1978, and here reissued in a revised and updated edition, recounts the history of the College since 1579 when it became a place for the preparation of priests to work in the mission in England and Wales.
The Church of the English College in Rome: its history, its restoration
Andrew Headon (ed.)
Foreword by H.E. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Gangemi, 2009, Large format, pp.223 + DVD
ISBN 978 88492 1749 0
Introduction: Mgr Nicholas Hudson
Contributors: Eamon Duffy, Carol M. Richardson, Judith Champ, Angelo Broggi, Sara Marascialli, Paolo Violini, Claudio Riotta
Available in hardback or paperback, from the College.
Also available in Italian.
The English Hospice in Rome
John Allen (ed.)
Venerable English College, 2012, paperback, pp. xiv + 316
This is an updated re-issue of the special 1962 600th anniversary edition of The Venerabile, with new photography and a new article on the Hospice library.
Foreword: Mgr. Nicholas Hudson (rector),
Contributors: John Allen, Bernard Linares, Joseph Ibbot, George Hay, Brian Newns, George B. Parks, Anthony Kenny Geoffrey Anstruther, James Willoughby
Available from the College.
Memorial Inscriptions in the Venerable English College, Rome
Judith Champ
Venerable English College, 2012, paperback, pp. 111
Contains the text and translations for all the extant memorial inscriptions from the College church, together with a short essay on each explaining who the people remembered were. Also contains images of most of the memorials.
Available from the College.
The Venerable English College: A Short History and Guide
Mark Langham
foreword by H. E. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Venerable English College, 2009, paperback, pp. 96
Amply illustrated, with text in both English and Italian.
Also available as a box set in hardback with The Martyrs' Cycle (below).
Available from the College.
The Martyrs' Cycle from the Church of the Venerable English College, Rome: A Translation and Commentary
Paul Keane
Venerable English College, 2009, paperback, pp. 102
Complete with pictures of all 34 frescoes. Text in both English and Italian.
Also available as a box set in hardback with The Venerable English College (above).
Available from the College.