Giovanni Battista Santorio or Giovan Battista Santoro (died 29 February 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Biography

On 19 November 1568, Giovanni Battista Santorio was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Pius V Pope Pius V ( it, Pio V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1566 to his death in May 1572. He is v ...

as Bishop of Alife. On 13 December 1568, he was consecrated bishop by

Giulio Antonio Santorio Giulio Antonio Santorio (6 June 1532 – 9 May 1602) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Santorio was born in Caserta. He served as Archbishop of Santa Severina from 1566 until his death.

Archbishop of Santa Severina The archdiocese of Santa Severina was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Calabria, southern Italy, that existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Crotone, forming the Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina.

, with

Felice Peretti Montalto Pope Sixtus V ( it, Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order ...

Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti, in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy, was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento from its creation in 969. In 1986, it was merged into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita- ...

, and

Umberto Locati Umberto Locati, O.P. (1503 – 17 October 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bagnoregio (1568–1581). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Umberto Locati was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 5 April 1568, he was ...

Bishop of Bagnoregio The diocese of Bagnoregio is a former Roman Catholic territory, located in the modern Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northwest of Rome.Pope Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V ( it, Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order ...

Bishop of Tricarico The Italian Catholic Diocese of Tricarico ( la, Dioecesis Tricaricensis) is in Basilicata. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.Catholic Church in Italy , native_name_lang = it , image = San_Giovanni_in_Laterano_-_Rome.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = , caption = Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, the ''cathedra'' seat of the Pop ...

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