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Italian Catholic cardinal

His Eminence Giovanni Michele Saraceni
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	23 Mar 1536 by Antonio Sanseverino
Personal details
Born	1 December 1498 Naples, Italy
Died	27 April 1568 (age 69) Rome, Italy

Giovanni Michele Saraceni (1 December 1498 – 27 April 1568) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Saraceni was born in Naples and was a relative of Cardinal Fabio Mignatelli.

He was the archbishop of Acerenza and Matera from 1536. On 23 Mar 1536, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Sanseverino, Archbishop of Taranto, with Lorenzo Santarelli, Bishop of Pult, and Giacomo Ponzetti, Bishop of Molfetta, serving as co-consecrators. He was made cardinal on 20 November 1551 by Pope Julius III.

He took part in revising the acts of the Council of Trent, and in other Papal missions, including investigating the charges against Cardinal Carlo Cafara.

Cardinal Saraceni died in Rome in 1568.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Giovanni Michele Saraceni

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

Girolamo Seripando, Archbishop of Salerno (1554);
Adriano Fuscone, Bishop of Aquino (1554);
Gerolamo Melchiori, Bishop of Macerata (1554);
Fabio Capelleto, Bishop of Lacedonia (1555);
Virgilio Rosario, Bishop of Ischia (1555);
Antonio Ghislieri, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1556);
Sigismondo Saraceno, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1556);
Flavio Orsini, Bishop of Muro Lucano (1561);
Annibale Saraceni, Bishop of Lecce (1561);
Mario Carafa, Archbishop of Naples (1566); and
Pietro Lunello, Bishop of Gaeta (1566),

Sources

Miranda, Salvador. "SARACENI, Giovanni Michele (1498-1568)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ Cheney, David M. "Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Acerenza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Acerenza (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byAndrea Matteo Palmieri	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera 1531–1556	Succeeded bySigismondo Saraceno
Preceded byFrancisco Mendoza Bobadilla	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli 1551–1557	Succeeded byClemente d'Olera
Preceded byGiovanni Poggio	Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia 1557–1565	Succeeded byScipione Rebiba
Preceded byBraccio Martelli	Administrator of Lecce 1560	Succeeded byAnnibale Saraceni
Preceded byFulvio Giulio della Corgna	Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agata de' Goti 1565	Succeeded byGiovanni Battista Cicala
Preceded byTiberio Crispi	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere 1565–1566	Succeeded byGiovanni Ricci
Preceded byTiberio Crispi	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina 1566–1568	Succeeded byGiovanni Battista Cicala

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