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Antonio Maria Salviati (January 21, 1537 – April 26, 1602) was a
Florentine Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
Salviati was born in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, son of Lorenzo Salviati and Costanza Conti, the nephew of cardinals
Bernardo Salviati
Bernardo Salviati (17 February 1508 – 6 May 1568) was an Italian condottiero and Roman Catholic Cardinal.
Salviati was born in Florence, the son of Jacopo Salviati and Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici, the sister of Giovanni de' Medici. The ye ...
and
Giovanni Salviati
Giovanni Salviati (24 March 1490 – 28 October 1553) was a Republic of Florence, Florentine diplomat and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. He was papal legate in France, and conducted negotiations with the Emperor Charles V.
Biography
Salvia ...
. His grandmother was
Lucrezia de' Medici, sister of pope
Leo X
Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Born into the prominent political an ...
and eldest daughter of
Lorenzo il Magnifico
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman, banker, ''de facto'' ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo ...
.
In
1561 he was appointed as
bishop of Saint-Papoul
The former French Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Papoul, now a Latin titular see, was created by Pope John XXII in 1317 and existed until the Napoleonic Concordat of 1811.
The seat of the diocese was at Saint-Papoul, in south-west France, in the ...
in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, and later was
apostolic nuncio
An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...
in the same country. Pope
Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII ( la, Gregorius XIII; it, Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for ...
created him as cardinal on December 12, 1583. After becoming Cardinal he went in charge of the
Ministers to the Sick.
Salviati was mostly known for having been a benefactor. In Rome, he refounded the Arcispedale of
San Giacomo degli Incurabili
The hospital of ''San Giacomo in Augusta'' (Saint James in Augusta), also known as San Giacomo degli Incurabili (Saint James of the Incurables) was a historic hospital located in Rome.
History
The Hospital was built for the first time in 1349 by ...
(rebuilding the annexed baroque-style
Church of San Giacomo in Augusta) and founded the Collegio Salviati at his own expense at the end of 16th century, then he gifted them to the city of Rome. Other funding from him were towards the Hospital of San Rocco in favor of women in childbirth.
It is notable that Salviati planned a long-term (in his will, forever) financial sustainability of the San Giacomo thanks to the donation from him of a rich property fund. The good properties managing has actually made possible the life of this hospital for centuries.
He died in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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in 1602 and was buried in San Giacomo in Augusta.
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1537 births
1602 deaths
16th-century Italian cardinals
16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of Saint-Papoul
Antonio Maria
Apostolic Nuncios to France