Antonio Maria Sauli (sometimes Antonio Sauli) (1541–1623) was the

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and later a Roman Catholic Cardinal, serving as the dean of the College of Cardinals for the last three years of his life. Sauli was born in

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. He was a member of the Sauli Family which among other things provided three

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. His father was Ottaviano Sauli and his mother Giustiniana. Sauli was educated at the

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and the

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. Early in his life Sauli worked for the Republic of Genoa but later went to work for the Papal States. He was Papal Nuncio to Portugal from 1579 to 1580. Sauli was made Coadjutor Bishop of Genoa in 1585. On the death of Bishop Cipriano Pallavicino the following year, Sauli became the Metropolitan Archbishop of Genoa. He served in this position until 1591, although he was made a Cardinal in 1587.

Episcopal succession

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sauli, Antonmaria 1541 births 1623 deaths University of Bologna alumni University of Padua alumni Roman Catholic archbishops of Genoa 17th-century Italian cardinals Apostolic Nuncios to the Kingdom of Naples 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops