Giovanni Michele Saraceni

Giovanni Michele Saraceni (1 December 1498 – 27 April 1568) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Saraceni was born in Naples and was a relative of Cardinal Fabio Mignatelli.

He was the archbishop of Acerenza and Matera from 1536. On 23 Mar 1536, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Sanseverino, Archbishop of Taranto, with Lorenzo Santarelli, Bishop of Pult, and Giacomo Ponzetti, Bishop of Molfetta, serving as co-consecrators. He was made cardinal on 20 November 1551 by Pope Julius III.

He took part in revising the acts of the Council of Trent, and in other Papal missions, including investigating the charges against Cardinal Carlo Cafara.

Cardinal Saraceni died in Rome in 1568.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Girolamo Seripando, Archbishop of Salerno (1554);
• Adriano Fuscone, Bishop of Aquino (1554);
• Gerolamo Melchiori, Bishop of Macerata (1554);
• Fabio Capelleto, Bishop of Lacedonia (1555);
• Virgilio Rosario, Bishop of Ischia (1555);
• Antonio Ghislieri, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1556);
• Sigismondo Saraceno, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1556);
• Flavio Orsini, Bishop of Muro Lucano (1561);
• Annibale Saraceni, Bishop of Lecce (1561);
• Mario Carafa, Archbishop of Naples (1566); and
• Pietro Lunello, Bishop of Gaeta (1566),

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Acerenza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Acerenza (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}