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Savo Millini
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	28 Jun 1675
Personal details
Born	5 Jul 1644 Rome, Italy
Died	10 Feb 1701 (age 56)

Savo Millini or Savio Mellini (Rome, 4 July 1644 – Rome, 10 February 1701) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

Millini was born on 4 July 1644 to Mario and his wife Ginevra (née di Neri Capponi). He was a great-nephew of Cardinal Giovanni Garsia and both his parents were members of families of the Roman civic nobility. His family and three brothers all fought in the papal armies. He was also related to several cardinals including Mario Millini, Antonio Casali and Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago.

After studying at Rome University, he took orders in 1668. On 28 Jun 1675, he was consecrated as Archbishop of Caesarea. In the same year he was nominated Papal nuncio to Madrid. He was appointed a cardinal and bishop of Orvieto in 1681.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Antonio Medina Cachón y Ponce de León, Bishop of Ceuta (1676);
• Baltasar Tomás Carbonell y Sánchez, Bishop of Sigüenza (1677);
• Antonio de Benavides y Bazán, Titular Archbishop of Tyrus and Patriarch of West Indies (1679);
• Juan Francisco de Padilla y San Martín, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1684);
• Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela, Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1685);
• Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina, Bishop of Aversa (1687);
• Sebastiano Delli Frangi, Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia (1688);
• Romualdo Tancredi, Bishop of Montalcino (1688); and
• Giovanni Vincenzo Lucchesini, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1689).

References

1. Treccani website, Mellini, Savo
2. Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Clement XIV, Consistory of December 12, 1770
3. Miranda, Salvador. "MILLINI, Savo (1644-1701)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
4. Cheney, David M. "Savo (Savio) Cardinal Millini (Mellini)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

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