Fabrizio Savelli

Fabrizio Savelli (1607 – 26 February 1659) was an Italian military leader, commander of papal troops and, later, a Catholic Cardinal.

[1] As a young man he received military training and later commanded troops in a number of regional conflicts.

During the First War of Castro, Savelli was given the title of Generalissimo and was put in command of a contingent of papal troops fighting the Dukes of Parma.

However, according to contemporary John Bargrave, Savelli had great respect for the Dukes and also believed Pope Urban VIII would not live long and so the war was futile.

He was consecrated in October of that year, in Rome by Cardinal Alessandro Cesarini with Francesco Gonzaga, Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, serving as co-consecrator.