Antonio de' Saluzzi explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Antonio de' Saluzzi
Archbishop of Milan
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan
Term:1376–1401
Predecessor:Simone Brossano
Successor:Pietro Filargis
Birth Date:c.1330
Death Date:1401
Death Place:Milan, Duchy of Milan

Antonio de' Saluzzi (died 1401) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Milan (1376–1401) and Bishop of Savona (1355–1376).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Biography

Antonio de' Saluzzi was from an aristocratic family originally from Saluzzo, perhaps related to the powerful marquises of the region.[7]

On 7 Nov 1355, Antonio de' Saluzzi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent VI as Bishop of Savona.

On 7 Jun 1376, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XI as Archbishop of Milan.

Antonio de' Saluzzi was the initiator of the construction of the Milan Cathedral in 1386. The work was started with the collaboration of Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti and the factory was started to meet not only the needs and aspirations of the Milanese to have a new, more capacious cathedral for the celebration of their liturgical functions, but also because since 1392 the ancient metropolitan church of Santa Tecla had been deemed unusable because it was unsafe.

He served as Archbishop of Milan until his death in 1401.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol I. 333 and 433. 1913. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdsaluzz.html "Archbishop Antonio de' Saluzzi"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsano.html "Diocese of Savona-Noli"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/savo0.htm "Diocese of Savona–Noli"
  5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmila.html "Archdiocese of Milano "
  6. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mila0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milano"
  7. Web site: SALUZZO, Antonio da in "Dizionario Biografico" . 2023-03-20 . www.treccani.it . it-IT.