Bandinello Sauli

Bandinello Sauli (died 1518) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

His Eminence Bandinello Sauli
Cardinal Bishop of Gerace
Painting, ca. 1512, by Sebastiano del Piombo, showing Cardinal Bandinello Sauli with his secretary and two geographers.
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Gerace
Appointed	1509
In office	1509-1517
Predecessor	Jaime de Conchillos
Successor	Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici
Other posts	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Orders
Created cardinal	10 March 1511 by Pope Julius II
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born	1481 Genoa
Died	29 March 1518 (age 37)
Nationality	Italian
Previous post	Bishop of Malta (1506-1509) Administrator of Albenga (1513-1517)

Biography

Bandinello Sauli was born in Genoa, ca. 1481, the son of nobles Pasquale Sauli and Mariola Giustiniani Longhi.[1]

Early in his career, he was a protonotary apostolic in Rome.[1] He was also an abbreviator and papal scribe until 1511.[1]

On October 5, 1506 Sauli was appointed Bishop of Malta at the age of 12. He held this position until 1509 when he was elected Bishop of Gerace and Oppido.[1] He held this post until November 19, 1517.[1]

Pope Julius II made him a cardinal deacon in the consistory of March 10, 1511.[1] He received the red hat on March 13, 1511 and the deaconry of Sant'Adriano al Foro.[1] He opted for the titular church of Santa Sabina on October 24, 1511.[1]

He participated in the papal conclave of 1513 that elected Pope Leo X.[1]

He was administrator of the see of Albenga from August 5, 1513 until November 19, 1517.[1] On July 18, 1516, he opted for the titular church of Santa Maria in Trastevere.[1]

On June 22, 1517, he was deposed as a cardinal by Pope Leo X, arrested, and placed in the Castel Sant'Angelo for his failure to disclose the assassination plot of Cardinal Alfonso Petrucci.[1] The pope restored him to the cardinalate sed non ad vocem activam et passivam on July 31, 1517, then restored him completely on December 25, 1517.[1]

Cardinal Sauli died in Monterotondo on March 29, 1518.[1] He was buried in Santa Maria in Trastevere.[1]

References

1. [H.Hyde, Cardinal Bendinello Sauli and Church Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Italy, p.1]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Antonio Corseto	Bishop of Malta 1506-1509	Succeeded by Bernardino da Bologna
Preceded by Jaime de Conchillos	Bishop of Gerace 1509-1517	Succeeded by Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici
Preceded by Leonardo Marchesi	Administrator of Albenga 1513-1517	Succeeded by Giulio de' Medici