Isidoro Verga

His Eminence

Isidoro Verga
His Eminence; Isidoro Verga
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	1 October 1896
Term ended	10 August 1899
Predecessor	Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Successor	Serafino Vannutelli
Other post	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1896–99)
Previous posts	Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation of the Council (1877–78); Secretary of the Congregation of the Council (1878–84); Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria (1884–91); Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1885–88); Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1888–96); Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1891–96); Protodeacon (1891–96); Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto (1896);
Orders
Ordination	1859
Consecration	13 December 1896; by Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
Created cardinal	10 November 1884; by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon (1884–96); Cardinal-Priest (1896); Cardinal-Bishop (1896–99)
Personal details
Born	Isidoro Verga; 29 April 1832; Bassano Taverina, Viterbo, Papal States
Died	10 August 1899 (aged 67); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Alma mater	Collegio Romano; La Sapienza University
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Isidoro Verga (29 April 1832 – 10 August 1899) was an Italian canon lawyer and cardinal.^[1]

He studied at the diocesan seminaries of Orte and Viterbo, then studied theology at the Roman College and canon law at La Sapienza University; in 1859, he was ordained a priest and practiced as a lawyer at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.^[1]

He was created cardinal in 1884,^[2] and became bishop of Albano and Apostolic Penitentiary in 1896.^[1]^[3] He was given the titular church of San Callisto.^[4]

Using 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.^[1]