Giovanni Michele Saraceni

Giovanni Michele Saraceni (1 December 1498 – 27 April 1568) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography Saraceni was born in Naples and was a relative of Cardinal Fabio Mignanelli.

He was the archbishop of Acerenza and Matera from 1536. On 23 Mar 1536, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Sanseverino, Archbishop of Taranto, with Lorenzo Santarelli, Bishop of Pult, and Giacomo Ponzetti, Bishop of Molfetta, serving as co-consecrators. Girolamo Seripando, Archbishop of Salerno (1554); Adriano Fuscone, Bishop of Aquino (1554); Gerolamo Melchiori, Bishop of Macerata (1554); Fabio Capelleto, Bishop of Lacedonia (1555); Virgilio Rosario, Bishop of Ischia (1555); Antonio Ghislieri, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1556); Sigismondo Saraceno, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1556); Flavio Orsini, Bishop of Muro Lucano (1561); Annibale Saraceni, Bishop of Lecce (1561); Mario Carafa, Archbishop of Naples (1566); and Pietro Lunello, Bishop of Gaeta (1566),