Fazio Giovanni Santori was born in
Viterbo in 1447. He was educated at the
University of Perugia. Early in his career, he was a cleric in Viterbo. In 1485, he became a
canon of
St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège. 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. He served as a
datary from November 1503 to December 1505. He was the
dean of the
Apostolic Camera in 1503. On 22 July 1504 he was elected
Bishop of Cesena. He subsequently occupied that see until his death. Pope Julius II made him a
cardinal priest in the
consistory of 1 December 1505. He received the
red hat and the
titular church of
Santa Sabina on 17 December 1505. He was the
apostolic administrator of the
see of Pamplona from 17 September 1507 until his death. He died in
Rome on 22 March 1510. He was initially buried in
San Lorenzo in Lucina; his remains were later transferred to
St. Peter's Basilica. ==References==