Biography

A member of the Roman family of the Savelli

Savelli

thumb|300px|The Coat of Arms of the Savelli over a wall of the church of [[Santa Maria in Aracoeli]], [[Rome]].The Savelli were a rich and influential Roman aristocratic family who rose to prominence in the 13th century and became extinct in the main line with Giulio Savelli .The family, who held...

, he was the son of Cristoforo Savelli and the uncle of Troilo.

As a young he fought in the inner disputes between the baronal households of the city. In 1482, together with the Colonna

Colonna family

The Colonna family is an Italian noble family; it was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one Pope and many other Church and political leaders...

, he fought against Girolamo Riario

Girolamo Riario

Girolamo Riario was Lord of Imola and Forlì in the 15th century.- Biography :Born in Savona, Riario was the son of Paolo Riario and Bianca della Rovere...

, nephew of Pope Sixtus IV

Pope Sixtus IV

Pope Sixtus IV , born Francesco della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484. His accomplishments as Pope included the establishment of the Sistine Chapel; the group of artists that he brought together introduced the Early Renaissance into Rome with the first masterpiece of the city's new artistic age,...

, who excommunicated Antonello.

His Lazio fiefs of Albano

Albano Laziale

Albano Laziale is a comune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Latium, central Italy. It is also a suburb of Rome, which is 25 km distant. It is bounded by other communes of Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa, Ariccia and Ardea. Located in the Castelli Romani area of Lazio...

, Castel Savello

Castel Savello

Castel Savello is a castle near Albano Laziale, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It belonged to the Savelli family....

, Castelgandolfo and Ariccia

Ariccia

Ariccia is a town and comune in the Province of Rome, central Italy. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio region and could be considered an extension of Rome's southeastern suburbs...

 were besieged and captured by Paolo Orsini. Antonello replied by attacking the Orsini fief of Marino

Marino

Marino, Mariño or Maryino may refer to:In places:* Marino, Lazio, a town in the province of Rome, Italy* Marino, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide* Marino, County Down in Northern Ireland...

, but was defeated and wounded. The same feat repeated when he besieged Grottaferrata

Grottaferrata

Grottaferrata, Italy is a small town and comune in the province of Rome, situated on the lower slopes of the Alban Hills, 20 km south east of Rome. It is bounded by other communes, Frascati, Rocca di Papa, Marino, and Rome.-History:...

. He sued a peace with the Pope, but when the latter died in 1484 his support to the election of Innocent VIII granted him the role of Papal general in the war against the Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...

. In 1491 he defeated the Baglioni

Baglioni

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 at Corciano.

He supported King Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. Charles was a member of the House of Valois...

 in his expedition to Italy, but later, when the French king returned northwards leaving him in the citadel of Naples

Naples

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, he ceded it without resistance to the King of Aragon.

He died the following year for a wound received in the baronal war against the Orsini.