Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Agostino Maria Salvago | |
Archbishop of Genoa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1559–1567 |
Predecessor: | Girolamo Sauli |
Successor: | Cipriano Pallavicino |
Death Date: | 30 September 1567 |
Death Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Accia (1553–1558) |
Agostino Maria Salvago, O.P. (died 1567) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Genoa (1559–1567) and Bishop of Accia (1553–1558).[1]
Agostino Maria Salvago was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 18 August 1553, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Accia; he resigned on 28 November 1558.On 17 April 1559, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul IV as Archbishop of Genoa.He served as Archbishop of Genoa until his death on 30 September 1567.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Cherubino Lavosio, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1566)