Type: | bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Santorio | |
Bishop of Tricarico | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1586–1592 |
Predecessor: | Nunzio Antonio de Capriolis |
Successor: | Ottavio Mirto Frangipani |
Consecration: | 13 December 1568 |
Consecrated By: | Giulio Antonio Santorio |
Death Date: | 29 February 1592 |
Death Place: | Tricarico, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Alife (1568–1586) |
Giovanni Battista Santorio or Giovan Battista Santoro (died 29 February 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1586–1592)[1] and Bishop of Alife (1586–1592).[2]
On 19 November 1568, Giovanni Battista Santorio was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Alife.[3] [4] On 13 December 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Archbishop of Santa Severina, with Felice Peretti Montalto, Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti, and Umberto Locati, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators. On 8 January 1586, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Tricarico.He served as Bishop of Tricarico until his death on 29 February 1592.