List of Famous people born in Italy

Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio was an Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal. Agostino Oldoino calls him the leading jurisconsult of his age. Kenneth Pennington has called him one of the ‘last two great commentators on feudal law’.

Matteo Gribaldi Mofa was an Italian legal scholar who became an Arian and defender of Michael Servetus.

Gherardo Starnina was an Italian painter from Florence in the Quattrocento era.

Alessandro Cesarini, bishop of Pistoia, was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo was a Catholic Cardinal and held a number of significant legal positions within the Catholic Church during the 19th century.

Sebastiano Galeati was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Macerata and Tolentino from 1881 to 1887 and Archbishop of Ravenna from 1887 until his death. He was made a cardinal in 1890.

Michele di Pietro J.U.D. was an Roman Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. He was an uncle of Cardinal Camillo di Pietro.