Joseph Alphonse de Véri (16 October 1724 – 28 August 1799) was a French abbot. Son of Louis de Veri, a descendant of a noble Florentine family that had settled in the
Papal States
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, Veri was educated at
The Sorbonne
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in
Paris
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, where he gained a
doctorate in theology.
1724 births
1799 deaths
French abbots
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