Pier Paolo Vergerio

He was born at Capodistria (Koper), Istria, then part of the Venetian Republic and studied jurisprudence in Padua, where he delivered lectures in 1522.

In the year 1540, Vergerio again entered active diplomatic service; he was at Worms at the religious conference as commissioner for King Francis I of France.

Vergerio continued in the Grisons till 1553 when he heeded a call from Duke Christopher of Württemberg to write and travel on behalf of Evangelical doctrine.

A bust by Oreste Dequel was put on display in 1954 at Vergerio Square (Vergerijev trg) in Koper, the main coastal port town of Slovenia.

He was in Poland in 1559 with the two-fold object of meeting the moves of the Nuncio Alois Lipomano, and of working counter to Johannes a Lasco.

He sought permission to take part in the religious conference at Poissy in 1560, but he was not allowed to appear at the Council of Trent as the duke's delegate.