Isidoro Verga (1832 to 1899) was an Italian canon lawyer and cardinal. He studied at the diocesan seminaries of Orte and Viterbo, then theology at the Roman College and canon law at La Sapienza University, was ordained a priest in 1859 and practised as a lawyer at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. He was created cardinal in 1884 and became bishop of Albano and Apostolic Penitentiary in 1896, receiving the titular church of San Callisto. With a gift from his brother Antonio he bought a building in his home town of Teverina, to be used by the Sisters of Saint Anne for the religious education of young people.
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was an Italian canon lawyer and cardinal
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was an Italian canon lawyer and cardinal
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practiced as a lawyer at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota
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canon law at La Sapienza University
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He studied at the diocesan seminaries of Orte and Viterbo
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