Girolamo Verallo (1497–1555) was an

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and papal diplomat.

Biography

Girolamo Verallo was born in

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in 1497, the son of Girolamo Veralli, a Roman physician, and Giulia Jacovazzi. His father was personal physician to

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."Veralli, Girolamo", Treccani
/ref> He was the nephew of Cardinal Domenico Giacobazzi. After studying

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, he traveled to

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, he served a governor of

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and then became referenda of the

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. On 26 November 1534 he became an

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of the

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. He also became an auditor of the

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. With Latino Giovenale Manetti, he was sent as part of a

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in 1535 to

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, and

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concerning ownership of the

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following the death of

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, the last

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of Camerino. From 1537 to February 1540, he was

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to the

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. He was a protector of

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and the first

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. In 1536,Ignatius and his first companions were in Venice and made a vow of poverty and chastity in the hands of the nuncio. On 20 August 1540 he was elected

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. On 17 June 1541 he was named nuncio to Ferdinand, King of the Romans, holding this position until 1545. On 14 November 1541 he was transferred to the see of Caserta. In August 1542 he traveled to

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with Bishop

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to present the Imperial Diet with the

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''Initio nostri huius pontificatus'' (issued 22 May 1542) calling the

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, set to begin on 1 November 1542, and to attempt to convince German and Hungarian bishops to attend the council. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Rossano on 14 November 1544. He was nuncio in

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from February 1545 to 1547.

made him a

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in the

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of 8 April 1549. He received the

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and the

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on 10 May 1549. On 9 November 1549 he was transferred to the see of Capaccio. He participated in the papal conclave of 1549-50 that elected

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. He resigned the see of Rossano and Capaccio in favor of his brother, Paolo Emilio Verallo, in 1551. The new pope made him legate ''a latere'' to

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on 9 September 1551 to negotiate an end to the

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between French troops and the

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. During this mission, he was accompanied by his nephew Giambattista Castagna, future

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, who served as a datary. Discussions broke down due to France's excessive claims. On 18 September 1551 Pope Julius III gave him the Palace of

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(though not the church property) ''ad vitam''. From 1552 to 1553, he was

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of the

and a member of the

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. He opted for the titular church of

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on 29 November 1553. He was a participant in both the papal conclave of April 1555 that elected

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and the papal conclave of May 1555 that elected

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.Adams, John Paul. "Sede Vacante", CSUN
/ref> He died in Rome on 10 October 1555 and was buried in the Basilica di Sant'Agostino.

References

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