title: Giulio Mattei
text: # Giulio Mattei
  
  Giulio Mattei (1561–1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitetto (1611–1624).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Giulio Mattei was born in Monte San Savini, Italy in 1561. On 18 May 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Bitetto. On 23 May 1611, he was consecrated bishop by Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana, with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bitetto until his death in 1624.
  
  