Giuseppe Antonio Sala

Giuseppe Antonio Sala (27 October 1762 – 23 June 1839) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served in numerous high-profile positions in the Roman Curia.

Sala was the Secretary to the papal legation to France from 1801 to 1804, and was involved in the negotiations between the Holy See and the post-Revolutionary French Republic that resulted in the Concordat of 1801.

He was also Secretary to the papal legation established by Pope Pius VII in 1809 during his exile from Rome.

[1] Sala was created a cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI in the consistory on September 30, 1831, and was given the titular church of Santa Maria della Pace on February 24, 1832.

Sala died on 23 June 1839 in Rome, and was interred in the church of Santa Maria della Pace.