Salviati family

Salviati
Salviati
	Salviati coat of arms in a stained-glass window of the Salviati Chapel in San Marco, Florence
Current region	Tuscany
Members	Antonio Maria Salviati (1537–1602); Bernardo Salviati (1508–1568); Filippo Salviati (1582–1614); Francesco Salviati (died 1478); Giovanni Salviati (1490–1553); Gregorio Salviati (1722–1794); Jacopo Salviati (1461–1533); Maria Salviati (1499–1543);

The Salviati were an important family in the Republic of Florence.[1]

History

Some sources trace the origins of the family to a Gottifredo who lived in Florence in the twelfth century.[2] The first documented member of the family is Cambio di Salvi, who in 1335 was among both the gonfalonieri and the priori.[2] In all, twenty members were gonfaloniere and sixty-two occupied the position of priore.[2]

Members

Francesco Salviati, archbishop of Pisa, hanged from the walls of the Palazzo della Signoria in 1478 for his part in the Pazzi Conspiracy[2]
Giorgio Benigno Salviati (died 1520), Bosnian-born adopted member of the family, theologian and archbishop
Jacopo Salviati (1461–1533), married Lucrezia de' Medici
Giovanni Salviati (1490–1553), cardinal
Maria Salviati (1499–1543), daughter of Lucrezia di Medici and Jacopo Salviati, married Giovanni delle Bande Nere, mother of Cosimo I de Medici.
Bernardo Salviati (1508–1568), condottiere, general of the galleys of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and cardinal
Cassandre Salviati, daughter of Bernardo Salviati, dedicatee of the Amours de Cassandre of Pierre de Ronsard[3]
Diane Salviati, niece of Cassandre, dedicatee of the L’hécatombe à Diane of Agrippa d'Aubigné[3]
Antonio Maria Salviati (1537–1602), appointed cardinal in 1583
Alamanno Salviati, cardinal from 1727 until his death in 1733
Gregorio Salviati, cardinal from 1777, died 1794

References

Rendina, Claudio. Le grandi famiglie di Roma: la saga della nobiltà tra contee, marchesati, ducati e principati, sotto l'insegna di papi e cardinali, imperatori e re nello scenario di splendidi palazzi, sontuose ville e cappelle gentilizie. Newton Compton editori, 2004: p. 546
Roberto Palmarocchi (1936). Salviati (in Italian). Enciclopedia Italiana. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed October 2015.
The Spring – The Hecatomb for Diane, VI | Le Printemps – L’hécatombe à Diane, VI. Global Medieval Sourcebook. Stanford University. Accessed September 2022.

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[1] Rendina, Claudio. Le grandi famiglie di Roma: la saga della nobiltà tra contee, marchesati, ducati e principati, sotto l'insegna di papi e cardinali, imperatori e re nello scenario di splendidi palazzi, sontuose ville e cappelle gentilizie. Newton Compton editori, 2004: p. 546

[trecc-2] Roberto Palmarocchi (1936). Salviati (in Italian). Enciclopedia Italiana. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed October 2015.

[gms-3] The Spring – The Hecatomb for Diane, VI | Le Printemps – L’hécatombe à Diane, VI. Global Medieval Sourcebook. Stanford University. Accessed September 2022.