SALZANO, TOMMASO MICHELE. - Writer and Dominican archbishop, b. in Naples in April 1807, d. in Nocera Inferiore on 12 Sept. 1890. He held important positions in the Order, in the State, and in the Church. Pius IX first appointed him titular bishop of Tanes (13 Jan. 1854), then (22 Dec. 1873) promoted him to titular archbishop of Edessa. He took an active part in the Vatican Council. Leo XIII in 1882 wished to call him to Rome as Master of the Papal Household.
He left numerous and valuable publications, especially on canon law and history, including: *Lezioni di diritto canonico pubblico e privato* (4 vols., Naples 1845, which went through 13 editions); *Corso di storia ecclesiastica dalla creazione del mondo sino ai giorni nostri* (4 vols., ibid. 1855); *Il cattolicesimo nel sec. XIX* (ibid. 1880); *Saggio sul paperismo nel sec. XIX* (ibid. 1883).