Santolo Cirillo (active first half of 18th century, died 1742) was an Italian painter, engraver, and stucco artist, active in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

. He was born in

Grumo Nevano Grumo Nevano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Campania region of Italy, with 17,939 inhabitants. Physical geography Bordering the Province of Caserta and located north of the Metropolitan City of Naples ...

, a town near Naples. He contributed frescoes and paintings the Cathedral of San Gennaro, the Basilica of

Santa Restituta Santa Restituta is a church in Naples, southern Italy, dedicated to Saint Restituta. The foundation of the basilica is attributed to the Emperor Constantine the Great in the 4th century and is mentioned in a passage from the life of Pope Syl ...

, and Santa Donna Regina Nuova in Naples. He also painted for the Basilica di San Tammaro in his home town of Grumo Nevano. He frescoed in 1733 a ''Miracle of San Domenico'' and a ''San Pio in Prayer'' for

Santa Caterina a Formiello Santa Caterina a Formiello is a church in Naples, in southern Italy, located at the extreme eastern end of the old historic center of the city, on Via Carbonara and Piazza Enrico de Nicola, near the gate called Porta Capuana. The term ''Formiello' ...

, painted in the style of Paolo de Matteis.Storia della pittura in Napoli ed in Sicilia dalla fine del 1600, a noi
by Carlo Tito Dalbono, published by Luigi Gargulio, Naples (1859), page 62.

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1742 deaths People from the Metropolitan City of Naples Painters from Campania 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters Year of birth unknown 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub