Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni †

Deceased

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1498		Born
21 Jun 1531	32.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
23 Mar 1536	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
20 Nov 1551	52.9	Elevated to Cardinal
4 Dec 1551	53.0	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
1556	57.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
24 Mar 1557	58.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
13 Sep 1560	61.7	Appointed	Administrator of Lecce, Italy
29 Nov 1560	61.9	Resigned	Administrator of Lecce, Italy
7 Feb 1565	66.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
7 Nov 1565	66.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
7 Oct 1566	67.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
27 Apr 1568	69.4	Died	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Michele Saraceni
(VIAF: 72567829; WikiData: Q1772608)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni (born 1 Dec 1498, died 27 Apr 1568) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Consistory - November 1551: Created Cardinal
Conclave - April 1555: Participated
Conclave - May 1555: Participated
Conclave - 1559: Participated
Conclave - 1565/1566: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Chapel of the Consecrator, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) S. Maria sopra Minerva, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current) Family Tomb, S. Maria a Formello, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

a bishop for 32.0 years
a cardinal for 16.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. †
Archbishop of Taranto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lorenzo Santarelli †
Bishop of Pult (Pulati)
Bishop Giacomo Ponzetti (Poncetti) †
Bishop of Molfetta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Girolamo Cardinal Seripando, O.E.S.A. † (1554)
Bishop Adriano Fuscone † (1554)
Bishop Gerolamo Melchiori † (1554)
Bishop Fabio Capelleto † (1555)
Virgilio Cardinal Rosario † (1555)
Pope St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. † (1556)
Archbishop Sigismondo Saraceno † (1556)
Flavio Cardinal Orsini † (1561)
Bishop Annibale Saraceni † (1561)
Archbishop Mario Carafa † (1566)
Bishop Pietro Lunello † (1566)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Chapel of the Consecrator, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	S. Maria sopra Minerva, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current)	Family Tomb, S. Maria a Formello, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 20 Nov 1551
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 94, and Page 224
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1536, Number 2
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 69, Number 5,426
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 76, Additions/Corrections (front)

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