1927 Giulio Barluzzi (1878/1953) for Pius XI Ratti
(1922/39) as the new home of the University of the Jesuits also called Gregorianum
It was
founded in 1551 by S. Ignatius of Loyola as a grammar school, of humanity and
of Christian doctrine and called Collegio
Romano (Roman College)
Gregory
XIII Boncompagni (1572/85) in 1583 endowed the university with a new and larger
premises and in memory of his benefactor the Collegio Romano took later the
name of Gregorian University
Pius XI
wanted associated with the University, the Pontifical Biblical Institute
and the Pontifical Oriental Institute, but each institution is legally
distinct with its own rector, its faculty and its administration
It is also
attended by lay students
It
overlooks Piazza della Pilotta well known already at the beginning of the
sixteenth century for the ball game that took place here
Pilotta is a
contraction of the Spanish word pelota
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