SANTORI (Santorio), Giulio Antonio. — Cardinal, b. June 6, 1532 at Caserta, d. May 28, 1602 at Rome. He studied civil law at Naples, became a lawyer, but renouncing the world, entered the clergy.
He was first vicar general of Cardinal Alfonso Carafa, archbishop of Naples, then archbishop of S. Severina in Calabria (May 6, 1566) and finally a Curial cardinal on May 17, 1570, where for 32 years he performed important duties not only for the West but also for the East (prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, co-founder with Gregory XIII of the Greek College of St. Athanasius [1577]). He was twice close to the tiara in the conclaves that elected Sixtus V and Clement VIII.
Of wide learning, adviser to seven popes, besides numerous liturgical, historical, and juridical pamphlets, he left minute and very important notices about his life and offices: the Autobiography; the Conciliar Diary; the Books of My Private Audiences. In the field of liturgy he worked on the revision of the Ritual (v. ROMAN RITUAL).