Antonio Francesco Sanvitale

Antonio Francesco Sanvitale (10 February 1660 – 17 December 1714) was made a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1709.

[1] Descended from a prominent family, including Galeazzo Sanvitale, in the duchy.

[2] He was born in Parma on 10 February 1660 in the noble Sanvitale family and had the title of Count of Fontanellato.

He was elected, on 16 July 1703, Archbishop of Ephesus,[3][4] On the 22nd of the same month he was consecrated by Fabrizio Paolucci and was then transferred to the metropolitan headquarters in Urbino on 6 May 1709.

Pope Clement XI created him cardinal in pectore in the consistory of 15 April 1709 and published the nomination on 22 July the same year.