List of Cardinal protectors of Scotland

This is a list of Cardinal protectors of Scotland.

Protectors represented the interests of a particular religious institution or nation at the Papal court.

[1] This particular office was revitalised upon the establishment of the Scots College in Rome by Pope Clement VIII on 5 December 1600, when it was put under the authority of Cardinal Camillo Borghese.

[2] The last Cardinal to hold the office died in 1970.

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The Scottish Mission enjoyed notable support under Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli who was a close friend of The Old Pretender .