Born on 4 October 1531 in
Sarnano,
March of Ancona, he entered the
Order of Friars Minor Conventual when he was ten years old; he changed his baptismal name, Gasparo, to Costanzo. He studied philosophy and theology and obtained the title of
Magister when he was twenty-eight years old. He taught philosophy and theology at the Universities of
Perugia,
Padua and
Rome. At the same time, he was also a noted and popular
preacher. He was a friend of Fr.
Felice Peretti, also a Franciscan, who later became Pope Sixtus V. He wrote several works in theology and Aristotelian philosophy; his
Summa theologica was published by the Vatican Press in 1592. Torri was created
cardinal priest in the
Papal consistory of 16 November 1586 and received the red hat and the title of San Vitale on 14 January 1587. He opted for the title of San Pietro in Montorio on 20 April 1587. Torri was charged by the pope with the
critical edition of the works of
Bonaventure. On 12 July 1587, he was
consecrated bishop by
Girolamo Bernerio,
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with
Giovanni Battista Albani,
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and
Agostino Quinzio,
bishop of Korčula, serving as
co-consecrators. Torri didn't reside in his see because he was retained in Rome working for the
Roman Curia. He resigned the government of the diocese before 29 May 1589. He participated in the
first conclave of 1590, which elected
Pope Urban VII, in the
second conclave of 1590, which elected
Pope Gregory XIV, in the
1591 papal conclave, which elected Pope
Innocent IV and in the
1592 papal conclave, which elected
Pope Clement VIII. Torri died on 20 December 1595 in Rome. He is buried in the Conventual church of S. Francesco in his native Sarnano. ==Episcopal succession==