An exhibition is taking place at the Venerable English College to mark the canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman.
The exhibition includes personal items used by John Henry Newman, a lock of Pope Leo XIII’s hair, original letters and documents, and one of the first and most famous portraits of Newman when he was made cardinal.
The free exhibition is hosted by the British Embassy to the Holy See and the Venerable English College, explores blessed John Henry Newman’s four visits to Rome. These were in 1833 as an Anglican clergyman, in 1846 as a seminarian, in 1856 as Provost of the Birmingham and London Oratories, and in 1879 in order to be made cardinal.
Taking place from Thursday the 10th of October until Monday the 14th, the exhibition includes items loaned by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, the Pontifical Urban College of Propaganda Fide, the International Centre of Newman Friends, the Anglican Centre, the Beda College, and the Venerable English College.
John Henry Newman will be made a Saint by Pope Francis on Sunday the 13th of October.
