Gregorio Salviati

Gregorio Salviati was born in Rome on 12 December 1722, the son of Giovanni Vincenzo Salviati, duke of Giuliano, and Anna Maria Boncompagni Ludovisi.[1]

He entered the papal household of Pope Benedict XIV in March 1745 as a privy chamberlain of His Holiness.[1] On 22 May 1749, he became Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signatura.[1] He became a domestic prelate of His Holiness in June 1749.[1] From 1754 to 1759, he was inquisitor in Malta.[1] On 5 December 1759, he became vice-legate in Avignon, holding this position until 1766.[1] In October 1766, he was made commissary general of the papal army.[1] He joined the Apostolic Camera in 1766, becoming its auditor in April 1775.[1]

Pope Pius VI made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of 23 June 1777.[1] He received the red hat on 26 June 1777, and the titular church of Santa Maria della Scala on 28 July 1777.[1] He opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Cosmedin on 27 September 1780.[1] He became prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura on 10 November 1780.[1]

In January 1781, he became cardinal protector of the Kingdom of Ireland.[1] He later became cardinal protector of the Conventual Franciscans in August 1783; of the Knights Hospitaller in February 1787; and of the Holy Land in December 1788.[1]

He died in Rome on 5 August 1794.[1] He is buried in Santa Maria sopra Minerva.[1]