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Girolamo Verallo was born in [[Cori, Lazio]] in 1497, the son of Girolamo Veralli, a Roman physician, and Giulia Jacovazzi.<ref name="bare_url">[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1549.htm#Verallo Entry from Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]</ref> He was the nephew of Cardinal [[Domenico Giacobazzi]].<ref name="bare_url" />
After studying [[law]], he traveled to [[Rome]] and became [[referendary|referenda]] of the [[Apostolic Signatura]].<ref name="bare_url" /> On November 26, November 1534, he became an [[Auditor (ecclesiastical)|auditor]] of the [[Roman Rota]].<ref name="bare_url" /> He also became an auditor of the [[Apostolic Palace]]. With [[Latino Giovenale Manetti]], he was sent as part of a [[diplomatic mission]] in 1535 to [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], and [[Francis I of France]] concerning ownership of the [[Camerino]] following the death of [[Giovanni Maria Varano]], the last [[Duke]] of Camerino.<ref name="bare_url" /> From 1537 to February 1540, he was [[nuncio]] to the [[Republic of Venice]].<ref name="bare_url" /> He was a protector of [[Ignatius of Loyola]] and the first [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]].<ref name="bare_url" />
On 20 August 20, 1540, he was elected [[Diocese of Bertinoro|Bishop of Bertinoro]].<ref name="bare_url" /> On 17 June 17, 1541, he was named nuncio to [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand, King of the Romans]], holding this position until 1545.<ref name="bare_url" /> On 14 November 14, 1541, he was transferred to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Caserta|see of Caserta]].<ref name="bare_url" /> In August 1542, he traveled to [[Nuremberg]] with [[Otto Truchsess von Waldburg]] to present the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] with the [[papal bull]] ''Initio nostri huius pontificatus'' (issued 22 May 22, 1542) calling the [[Council of Trent]], set to begin on 1 November 1, 1542, and to attempt to convince German and Hungarian bishops to attend the council.<ref name="bare_url" /> He was promoted to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati|metropolitan see of Rossano]] on 14 November 14, 1544.<ref name="bare_url" /> He was nuncio in [[Austria]] from February 1545 to 1547.<ref name="bare_url" />
[[Pope Paul III]] made him a [[cardinal priest]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of April 8, April 1549.<ref name="bare_url" /> He received the [[Galero|red hat]] and the [[titular church]] of [[San Martino ai Monti]] on May 10, May 1549.<ref name="bare_url" /> On November 9, November 1549, he was transferred to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Vallo della Lucania|see of Capaccio]].<ref name="bare_url" />
He participated in the [[Papal conclave, 1549–1550|papal conclave of 1549-50]] that elected [[Pope Julius III]].<ref name="bare_url" /> He resigned the see of Rossano and Capaccio in favor of his brother, Paolo Emilio Verallo, in 1551.<ref name="bare_url" /> The new pope made him [[Papal legate#Legatus a Latere|legate ''a latere'']] to [[Henry II of France]] on 9 September 9, 1551, to negotiate an end to the [[War of Parma]] between French troops and the [[Duchy of Parma]].<ref name="bare_url" /> During this mission, he was accompanied by his relative Giambattista Castagna, future [[Pope Urban VII]], who served as a [[Apostolic Dataria|datary]].<ref name="bare_url" /> On 18 September 18, 1551, Pope Julius III gave him the Palace of [[Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine]] (though not the church property) ''ad vitam''.<ref name="bare_url" /> From 1552 to 1553, he was [[Prefect]] of the [[Apostolic Signatura]] and a member of the [[Roman Inquisition]].<ref name="bare_url" /> He opted for the titular church of [[San Marcello al Corso]] on 29 November 29, 1553.<ref name="bare_url" />
He was a participant in both the [[Papal conclave, April 1555|papal conclave of April 1555]] that elected [[Pope Marcellus II]] and the [[Papal conclave, May 1555|papal conclave of May 1555]] that elected [[Pope Paul IV]].<ref name="bare_url" />
He died in Rome on October 10, October 1555.<ref name="bare_url" /> He was buried in the [[Basilica di Sant'Agostino]].<ref name="bare_url" />
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