Full College

To ensure continuity, the appointments to the office of savio were staggered, with six-month tenures beginning on 1 October, 1 January, 1 April, and 1 July.

[2] The council read reports and dispatches, gave audience to foreign envoys, and prepared all issues to come to a vote before the Senate.

[2] On its own discretion, particularly on pressing matters of finance or foreign affairs, the College could instead send motions to be voted by the Council of Ten.

[3] Along with the board of the Consultori in Iure, the College was also responsible for relations with the Church, including the reception of bishops and prelates visiting Venice.

[3] It adjudicated in matters of Church benefits and patronages, the privileges of the Republic's subject cities, and the duties of the salt tax (gabelle).