Gregorio Salviati
Gregorio Antonio Maria Salviati (1722–1794) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
Gregorio Salviati was born in Rome on December 12, 1722, the son of Giovanni Vincenzo Salviati, duke of Giuliano, and Anna Maria Boncompagni Ludovisi.[1]
He entered the papal household of Pope Benedict XIV in March 1745 as a privy chamberlain of His Holiness.[1] On May 22, 1749, he became Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signatura.[1] He became a domestic prelate of His Holiness in June 1749.[1] From 1754 to 1759, he was inquisitor in Malta.[1] On December 5, 1759, he became vice-legate in Avignon, holding this position until 1766.[1] In October 1766, he was made commissary general of the papal army.[1] He joined the Apostolic Camera in 1766, becoming its auditor in April 1775.[1]
Pope Pius VI made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of June 23, 1777.[1] He received the red hat on June 26, 1777, and the titular church of Santa Maria della Scala on July 28, 1777.[1] He opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Cosmedin on September 27, 1780.[1] He became prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura on November 10, 1780.[1]
In January 1781, he became cardinal protector of the Kingdom of Ireland.[1] He later became cardinal protector of the Conventual Franciscans in August 1783; of the Knights Hospitaller in February 1787; and of the Holy Land in December 1788.[1]
He died in Rome on August 5, 1794.[1] He is buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Biography in the Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church