Domenico Santoro (died after 1688) was a local historian and physician closely related to the city of Altamura, Kingdom of Naples.
In his work, the author provides information on the history and the life of Altamura, perhaps drawing from documents now lost.
One limit of his work is the absence of critical analysis of the sources, and the commingling of history and legend, as Ottavio Serena later pointed out.
Local historian Tommaso Berloco claimed that he may have been a jurist and that he belonged to a noble family living in Altamura, which originated in Caserta.
Cesare Orlandi, in his work Delle Città d'Italia (1770)[4] mentions Giovanni Donato, which was also a jurist from Altamura and he was more famous than him.