Giovanni Battista Santoni
16th-century Italian cleric
About Giovanni Battista Santoni
Lived 1529 – 1592 (aged 62–63). Giovanni Battista Santoni was an Italian catholic priest, catholic bishop, nuncio and bishop.
Giovanni Battista Santorio or Giovan Battista Santoro (died 29 February 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1586–1592) and Bishop of Alife (1586–1592).
Biography On 19 November 1568, Giovanni Battista Santorio was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Alife.
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.
Episcopal succession Episcopal succession of Giovanni Battista SantorioWhile bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
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16th-century Italian cleric
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Giovanni Battista Santoni was born in 1529 in Taranto.
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Giovanni Battista Santoni died on 29 February 1592 in Rome, Tricarico.
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Giovanni Battista Santoni was a catholic priest, catholic bishop, nuncio and bishop.
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Giovanni Battista Santoni was Italian.
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