[3][4] Della Torre was born in the territory of Modena,[5] and held a degree in the Arts, and was a Doctor of Medicine.
[7] On 16 January 1439, Giacomo Antonio della Torre was appointed by Pope Eugene as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.
[11] On 24 September 1463, he was transferred to the diocese of Parma by Pope Pius II, at the same time as the Bishop of Parma, Delfino della Pergola, was transferred to Modena.
[12] On 15 January 1476, Pope Sixtus IV transferred him to the diocese of Cremona.
[13] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giacomo de Suressi (Sulixio), Archbishop of Craina (1483).