Scots Heraldist made a Canon of St Peter's

Arms of the Pontifical Scots College, Rome.
The first Scots-born prelate was made a Canon of St Peter's Basilica in February. A former pupil of St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, Monsignor Charlie Burns OBE, was ordained priest for the Diocese of Paisley and worked for 35 years at the Vatican Secret Archives. He was also Professor of the History of Papal Diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (the Holy See’s diplomatic academy) for nearly 25 years. He is a noted heraldist, having designed, among others, the arms of Bishop Tartaglia of Paisley. Whether or not Mons Burns is the first SCOTTISH canon of St Peter's depends on your definition of Scottishness as the Rome-born Cardinal Erskine of Cambo, a kinsman of the Earl of Mar and Kellie, was a canon of the Basilica as was, of course, His Majesty King Henry I and IX (quondam Henry, Cardinal Duke of York), who was also born in Rome.