Fazio Giovanni Santori

Fazio Giovanni Santori
Coat of arms of Cardinal Fazio Giovanni Santori

Fazio Giovanni Santori (1447–1510) (called the Cardinal of Cesena) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Biography

Fazio Giovanni Santori was born in Viterbo in 1447.[1] He was educated at the University of Perugia.[1]

Early in his career, he was a cleric in Viterbo.[1] In 1485, he became a canon of St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège.[1] He was the pedagogus of Giuliano della Rovere, the future cardinal and future Pope Julius II; when della Rovere became a cardinal, he took Santori into his household.[1] He served as a datary from November 1503 to December 1505.[1] He was the dean of the Apostolic Camera in 1503.[1]

On July 22, 1504, he was elected Bishop of Cesena.[1] He subsequently occupied that see until his death.[1]

Pope Julius II made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of December 1, 1505.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Sabina on December 17, 1505.[1] He was the apostolic administrator of the see of Pamplona from September 17, 1507 until his death.[1]

He died in Rome on March 22, 1510.[1] He was initially buried in San Lorenzo in Lucina; his remains were later transferred to St. Peter's Basilica.[1]

References

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