Isidoro Verga
Cardinal
Honorific prefixHis Eminence
TitleMajor Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed1 October 1896
Term end10 August 1899
PredecessorRaffaele Monaco La Valletta
SuccessorSerafino Vannutelli
Other postCardinal-Bishop of Albano (1896–99)
Ordination1859
Consecration13 December 1896
Consecrated byLuigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
Cardinal10 November 1884
Created cardinal byPope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Deacon (1884–96)
Cardinal-Priest (1896)
Cardinal-Bishop (1896–99)
Birth nameIsidoro Verga
Birth date29 April 1832
Birth placeBassano Taverina, Viterbo, Papal States
Death date10 August 1899 (aged 67)
Death placeRome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano
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Alma materCollegio Romano
La Sapienza University

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]

Notes

  1. ^ "Verga, Isidoro - Cardinal (Bassano in Teverina, April 29, 1832 - Rome, August 10, 1899)". Gentedituscia. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  2. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Consistories of the 19th Century
  3. ^ [1], [2]
  4. ^ Cardinal Title S. Callisto GCatholic.org