Salvete, flores mavtyriim, is the beginning of the famous hymn written by Prutlentius of Spain (q. v.), and which is used in the Latin Church on Innocents' Day, the second day after Christmas. This hymn, of which the first stanza runs thus,
" Salvete, flores martyrnm, Quos lucis ipso iu limine Christi insecutor sustulit, Ceu turbo nascentes rosas,"
has been translated into English by Chandler, ITymns of the Primitive Church, '• Hail, infant martj'rs ! new- born victims, hail !" by Caswall, Hymns and Poems, Original and Translated, " Flo^ve^s of mart3'rdom, all hail !" and Neale, "All hail, ye infant martyr-flowers !" German translations are given in Biissler, Konigsfeld, Rambach, and Simrock; while the original is found in Trench (p. 121), Daniel (i, 124), Simrock, Rambach, Biissler, and Konigsfeld. (B. P.)
Salvi mtindi salutake, another of these passion- hymns, is addressed to the pierced feet of Christ, the original of which is given in Trench, Sacred Latin Po- etry, p. 137, while Mrs. Charles, in Christian Life in Song, p. 161, has given an English rendering, " All the world's Salvation, hail !" to which we may add another translation by Kynaston in Lyra Messianica, p. 194, "Jesus, hail! the world's Salvation." A German ren- dering is found in Rambach, A nthologie, i, 275, and in Konigsfeld, Ilymnen und Gesdnge, ii, 191. That part of the hymn which is addressed to the knees of the Sav- iour and commences, " Salve, salve, rex sanctorum," Thompson has rendered in Lyra Messianica, p. 288, "Hail, O hail! high King of Saints;" who also ren- dered that part addressed to the hands, and commenc- ing, " Salve, salve, .Jesu bone," in Lyra Messianica, p. 301, " Hail ! < ) Jesu, kind and good."' (B. P.)
Salvi, Giovanni Battista, an Italian painter of the Roman school, was born July 11, 1005. He studied at first with his father, at his home in Sassoferrato, and afterwards went to Rome and Naples. In the latter city he became a pupil of Domenichino, whom he re- sembled in many respects. Salvi died Aug. 8, 1685. He left a great number of copies after Guido, Baraccio,
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and Raphael. Of his original compositions, there are, in the museum at Naples, a Jloly Family, and The Wor/cshuj} (f S/.Josejih.—Uijefei, Aouv. Biog, Cencrale, s. V.
Salvi, Niccolo, an Italian architect, was born, in 1699, at Rome. He was of wealthy parentage; anil, having received a brilliant education, lie applied him- self in turn to iioetry, mathematics, philosophy, and even medicine, but finally decided upon architecture, which had always been his favorite study. His master, Ca- nevarius, leaving Rome, Salvi was left in charge of many important works. He designed several beauti- ful altars and constructed villas; but his great work is the Fountain of Trevi, which was commenced by or- der of Clement XII and finished under Benedict XIV. He died at Rome in 1751. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gene- rale, s. V.
Salvianus, an elegant ecclesiastical writer of the 5th centur}', was born in the neighborhood of Treves. Whether reared as a Christian is uncertain ; but shortly after his marriage with Palladia, a pagan lady of Co- logne, they both appear as earnest Christians. After the birth of a daughter, he joined his wife in making a vow of monkish chastity. He now removed to the south of France, and acted as presbyter of the Church at Marseilles. Here he stood in close relations with bishop Eucherius of Lyons, to whose sons he gave instruction. The pe- riod of his death is uncertain, but he lived at least until 490, for Gennaiiius wrote of him in 490- 495, ■• Vivit usque hodie senectute bona." Salvianus was a prolific author. Besides various treatises which have perished, the following are still extant: Adveisus Avariliam Li- bri TV ad Ecclesiam Catholicam (about 440 [it was printed by Sichardus, at Basle, in 1528; its object was to induce the laity to greater liberality to the Church]) : — De guhernatione Dei et de Jiisto Prasentique Judicio (451-455 [it was printed by Frobenius, Basle, 1530; it was written at the time of the ravages of the Northern barbarians, and was designed, like the Civitas Iki of Augustine, to remove the doubts against the providence of God to which those calamities had given rise]): — EpistolcB IX, which had been addressed to friends on various familiar topics. These letters were first ])rint- ed, with the author's collective works, in 1580. The col- lective works of Salvianus were printed by P. Pithoeus (Paris, 1580, 8vo), by Rittershusius (Altdorf, 1611), and by Balusius (ibid. 1663-69-84). See Heyne, Opuscula A cademica, vol. vi : Smith, Picf. of Biog. and Myth, iii, 700, 701 ; Herzog, Real-Encykl. xiii, 342, 343. (J. P. L.)
Salviati, Alamanno, an Italian cardinal, was born at Florence, April 20, 1608. He was proihonotary of the Holy See, afterwards vice-legate of Avignon, and in 1717 was made legate of Urbino, which charge he held till he was created cardinal in 1730. He died at Rome, Feb. 24, 1733. This prelate was the author of a dedicatory epistle addressed to the grand-duke Jean Gaston, and which is at the beginning of the Vocabold- rio of the Academy of Crusca.
Salviati, Antonio Maria, an Italian cardinal, nephew of Bernanio and (iiovanni, was born in 1507. In 1561 he became liishop of Saint-Paiioul, a diocese which had been held by his two uncles; but he relin- quished it in 1563, and was sent by Pins IV as am- bassador to the court of France. Gregory XHI also employed him in various capacities, and in 1583 invest- ed him with the purple. Salviati was aftcrwarils leg- ate at Bologna, and, on account of his virtues, was called the "great cardinal Salviati." He died at Rome, April 28, 1602. — Hoefer, Xaur. Jiiog. Gmerale, s. v.