Antonio Maria Sauli
Antonio Maria Sauli , also Antonmaria Sauli or Marc Antonio Sauli (* 1541 in Genoa , † August 24, 1623 in Rome ) was Archbishop of Genoa and cardinal .
Life
Antonio Maria Sauli came from a Genoese patrician family that produced three Doges of Genoa and eight bishops . His parents were Ottaviano Sauli and Giustiniana; one of his relatives was Bandinello Sauli , who was promoted to cardinal in 1511 . Antonio Maria Sauli studied at the Universities of Bologna and Padua , where he received his doctorate in law . After serving in various positions in the Republic of Genoa , he went to Rome and became Secretary of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature . From 1572 to 1577 he was Apostolic Nuncio in Naples and from 1579 to 1580 in Portugal .
In 1585 he was appointed titular bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia and coadjutor archbishop in Genoa with the right to succeed him. He was ordained bishop on February 24, 1586 in the Sixtina by Cardinal Domenico Pinelli ; Co- consecrators were Alessandro Guidiccioni , Bishop of Lucca, and Giovanni Francesco Mazza Canobius , Bishop of Forlì.
In the consistory of December 18, 1587, he was appointed cardinal priest by Pope Sixtus V ; he was awarded the titular church of San Vitale on January 15, 1588 . He participated in the conclave of September 1590 , which Pope Urban VII elected. In the same year he took part in the second conclave of 1590 , from which Gregory XIV emerged as pope. He moved to the titular church of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio on January 14, 1591 . In the same year he was again a participant in a conclave that was now Pope Innocent IX. he chose. He was also one of the electoral cardinals of the conclave of 1592 , which Clement VIII elevated to papal rank. On February 19, 1603 he again changed the titular church to Santa Maria in Trastevere . He took part in both the first and the second conclave of 1605, each of which led to the election of Leo XI. and Paul V. came together . On February 7, 1611 he was raised to Cardinal Bishop of Albano . On August 17th of the same year he moved to the suburbicarian bishopric of Sabina . Four years later, on September 16, 1615, he became sub-dean of the College of Cardinals and took possession of the suburbicarian diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina . When he became dean of the College of Cardinals in 1620 , he was assigned the suburbicarian diocese of Ostia e Velletri on April 6 of that year . He was a participant in the 1621 conclave that Gregory XV. elected to the Pope. Together with Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi , he became co- prefect of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide , which was newly founded on June 22, 1622 , and held this position until November 12, 1622. He took part in the 1623 conclave with the election of Pope Urban VIII .
Antonio Maria Sauli died on August 24, 1623 in Rome and was buried in his native Genoa in the church of his family Ecclesia Gentis Sauliæ .
Web links
- Sauli, Antonmaria. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 19, 2016.
- Entry on Antonmaria Sauli on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved November 19, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sauli, Antonio Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sauli, Antonmaria; Sauli, Antonio; Sauli, Marc Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Archbishop of Genoa and Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1541 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1623 |
| Place of death | Rome |