Anton Maria Salviati
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Anton Maria Salviati was an Italian
Italy
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 Roman Catholic cardinal.

Salviati was born in Florence
Florence
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, son of Lorenzo Salviati and Costanza Conti, the nephew of cardinals Bernardo Salviati
Bernardo Salviati
Bernardo Salviati was an Italian condottiero and Roman Catholic Cardinal.Salviati was born in Florence, the son of Jacopo Salviati and Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici, the sister of Giovanni de' Medici. From an early age he was a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem...

 and Giovanni Salviati
Giovanni Salviati
Giovanni Salviati was an Italian Cardinal and diplomat. He was papal legate in France, and conducted negotiations with the Emperor Charles V....

. In 1561 he was appointed as bishop of Saint-Papoul in France
France
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, and later was apostolic nuncio in the same country. Pope Gregory XIII created him as cardinal on December 12, 1583.

He died in Rome
Rome
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in 1602.

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