Antonmaria Sauli

Antonio Maria Sauli

Antonio Maria Sauli (sometimes Antonio Sauli) (1541–1623) was the Archbishop of Genoa 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 Genoa. He was a member of the Sauli Family which among other things provided three Doges of Genoa. His father was Ottaviano Sauli and his mother Giustiniana.

Sauli was educated at the University of Bologna and the University of Padua. 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

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Alessandro Centurione, Archbishop of Genoa (1591);
• Antonio Maria Graziani, Bishop of Amelia (1592);
• Matteo Rivarola, Archbishop of Genoa (1596);
• Marcello Lorenzi, Bishop of Strongoli (1600);
• Jerónimo Bernardo de Quirós, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1601);
• Berlinghiero Gessi, Bishop of Rimini (1606);
• Giovanni Sauli (Scali, Sacchi), Bishop of Aleria (1609); and
• Bernardo Giustiniano, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1609).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Naples". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Genova (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, biography of Sauli^{self-published}