Giovanni Salviati

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Giovanni Salviati (Florence, 1490-Ravenna, 1553) was an Italian Cardinal[1] and diplomat. He was papal legate in France, and conducted negotiations with the Emperor Charles V.

He held many posts. He was protonotary apostolic, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, and sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. He became Bishop of Albano in 1543.

He was on friendly terms with Machiavelli, writing to him.[2] The artist Cecchino Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) took the name Salviati from Giovanni, who was his patron. He employed the composer Jacques du Pont.[3]

[edit] Family

His father was Jacopo Salviati, son of Giovanni Salviati and Maddalena Gondi; his mother was Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici, elder daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici. Pope Leo X who raised him to the cardinalate was Lorenzo's son, and therefore Giovanni's uncle. His brother Bernardo Salviati and nephew Antonmaria Salviati also became cardinals.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 1517.[1]
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