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Antonio Maria Salviati (21 January 1537 – 26 April 1602) was a Florentine Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

Salviati was born in

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, son of Lorenzo Salviati and Costanza Conti, the nephew of cardinals

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and

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. His grandmother was Lucrezia de' Medici, sister of pope

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and eldest daughter of

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. In

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he was appointed as bishop of Saint-Papoul in

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, and later was

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in the same country. Pope

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created him as cardinal on 12 December 1583. After becoming Cardinal he went in charge of the Ministers to the Sick. Salviati was mostly known for having been a benefactor. In Rome, he refounded the Arcispedale of

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(rebuilding the annexed baroque-style Church of San Giacomo in Augusta) and founded the Collegio Salviati at his own expense at the end of 16th century, then he gifted them to the city of Rome. Other funding from him were towards the Hospital of San Rocco in favor of women in childbirth. It is notable that Salviati planned a long-term (in his will, forever) financial sustainability of the San Giacomo thanks to the donation from him of a rich property fund. The good properties managing has actually made possible the life of this hospital for centuries. He died in

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in 1602 and was buried in San Giacomo in Augusta.

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