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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

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

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byFederico Baldeschi Colonna	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia 1675–1681	Succeeded byGiacomo Cantelmo
Preceded byGaleazzo Marescotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain 1675–1685	Succeeded byMarcello Durazzo
Preceded byBernardino Rocci	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto 1681–1694	Succeeded byGiovanni Giuseppe Camuzzi
Preceded byFlavio Chigi	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo 1686–1689	Succeeded byFrancesco del Giudice
Preceded byPierre de Bonzi	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli 1689–1701	Succeeded byMarcello Durazzo
Preceded byFrancesco Juste Giusti	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nepi e Sutri 1694–1701	Succeeded byGiuseppe Cianti

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