SALUZZO, FERDINANDO. - Cardinal, born in Napoli on 21 Sept. 1744, died in Roma on 3 Nov. 1816.
Enrolled in the College of participating apostolic protonotaries, he was vice-legate of Ferrara and, under Pio VI, rapporteur of the Consulta; in 1783, elected titular archbishop of Cartagine, he was sent as nuncio to Poland. President of Urbino in 1796, he earned distinction by completing the construction of the Furlo road, and found himself faced with a delicate situation when the fortress of S. Leo was handed over (1797) to the French troops. Created and proclaimed cardinal by Pio VII in the Consistory of 23 Feb. 1801, he maintained a noble and dignified bearing: having refused to attend the marriage of Napoleone and Maria Luisa, he was first relegated to Sedan with Cardinal Galleffi, then to St-Pons. In 1816 he became president of the Congregation of Good Government.