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Giovanni Salviati (24 March 1490 – 28 October 1553) was a Florentine diplomat and cardinal.[1] He was papal legate in France, and conducted negotiations with the Emperor Charles V.
Salviati was born in FlorencetoJacopo Salviati, son of Giovanni Salviati and Maddalena Gondi, and Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici, elder daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici. In Rome, he was educated in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by Marcello Virgilio Adriani[2] and Fra Zanobi Acciajuoli. Pope Leo X, who raised him to the cardinalate in 1517, was Lorenzo's son, and therefore Giovanni's uncle. His brother Bernardo Salviati and nephew Anton Maria Salviati also became cardinals. He was also Cousin of Catherine de' Medici from whom he derived patronage.
He held many posts. He was protonotary apostolic, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, and sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. In 1525, he was sent as a legate to Madrid to negotiate the withdrawal of Imperial troops from the papal states and to help negotiate the release of the captured French King Francis I. In 1526, Salviati signed for his cousin, Pope Clement VII, the treaty formulating the League of Cognac which allied against Charles V. He became Bishop of Albano in 1543. He was appointed AdministratorofOloron Diocese in 1520.[3] and attended the Papal conclave of 1549–50 as a cardinal.[4]
He was on friendly terms with Machiavelli, writing to him.[5] The Mannerist painter Cecchino (Francesco) Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) took the name Salviati from Giovanni, who was his patron. He employed the composer Jacques du Pont.[6]
Salviati died in Ravenna on 28 October 1553.
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| Preceded by | Cardinal-DeaconofSanti Cosma e Damiano 1517–1543 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Fermo 1518–1521 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Ferrara 1520–1550 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Oloron 1521–1523 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Volterra 1530–1532 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Teano 1531–1535 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Santa Severina 1531–1535 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Bitetto 1532–1539 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Vaison 1535–1536 |
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| Preceded by | Administrator of Saint-Papoul 1538–1549 |
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| Preceded by | Cardinal-BishopofAlbano 1543–1544 |
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| Preceded by | Cardinal-BishopofSabina 1544–1546 |
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| Preceded by | Cardinal-BishopofPorto e Santa Rufina 1546–1553 |
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