Giulio Savelli (Rome, 1574 - Rome, 9 July 1644) was an Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Salerno and Cardinal of the Roman Church.
Giulio was born in Rome into the noble and ancientSavelli family in 1574. He was the son of Bernardino Savelli, Duke of Castel Gandolfo and Lucrezia dei Conti dell'Anguillara.
Giulio Savelli was governor of Orvieto in 1605 and from 21 February 1607 governor of Spoleto, then governor of Ancona from 1608 to 1610. In 1609 he became a student at the courts of the Apostolic Signatura. In 1614 he appeared as Extraordinarynuncio in Piedmont, where he mediated in a dispute between KingPhilip III of Spain andCharles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy.
Pope Paul V admitted him to theCollege of Cardinals as a cardinal priest in the consistory of 2 December 1615. He received the red hat three days later andSanta Sabina as aTitular church on 11 January 1616.
Giulio Savelli was also electedBishop of Ancona e Numana on 11 January 1616. He was ordained Bishop on 10 April of the same year in the Roman church of Sant'Andrea in Montecavallo, the predecessor ofSant'Andrea al Quirinale, by CardinalScipione Borghese; co-consecrators were ArchbishopGuido Bentivoglio, Apostolic Nuncio in France, andAntonio Grimani, Bishop of Torcello. On 2 December 1619, Giulio Savelli becamePapal legate inBologna and remained so until October 1621. He took part in the1621 papal conclave that electedPope Gregory XV. He gave up the Bishopric of Ancona before 2 March 1622. Giulio Savelli took part in the1623 papal conclave that electedUrban VIII as Pope. From 7 January 1630 to 8 January 1631, he wasCamerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.
Following a nomination by KingPhilip IV of Spain, Giulio Savelli was appointedArchbishop of Salerno on 28 January 1630. On 10 November 1636, he moved to the titular church ofSanta Maria in Trastevere. On 28 March 1639, he was promoted toCardinal Bishop and theSuburbicarian Diocese of Frascati. He gave up the archbishopric of Salerno before 15 September 1642.
Giulio Savelli died in Rome and was buried in the family tomb in the church ofSanta Maria in Ara Coeli.
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Ancona e Numana 1616–1622 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Salerno 1630–1642 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 1639–1644 | Succeeded by |
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