Severino Santiapichi

{{Short description|Italian magistrate and writer (1926–2016)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth-date|26 May 1926}}

| birth_place =Scicli, Italy

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| death_date = {{Death-date and age|16 September 2016|26 May 1926}}

| death_place = Modica, Italy

| occupation = Magistrate, writer

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Severino Santiapichi (26 May 1926 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian magistrate and writer.

Born in Scicli, Ragusa, he was the president of the Courts of Assize in Rome for about 20 years, notably presiding over the Aldo Moro trial in 1978 and the Pope John Paul II assassination attempt trial in 1981.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. {{ISBN|9788831795999}}.{{cite news|last1=Ilaria Sacchettoni|title=Morto Severino Santiapichi giudice nei processi Moro e Agca|url=http://www.corriere.it/cronache/16_settembre_17/morto-severino-santiapichi-giudice-processi-moro-agca-f0daf59a-7cb7-11e6-a681-74fa8db9d638.shtml|accessdate=17 September 2016|work=Corriere della Sera|date=17 September 2016}} He was also, for several years, vice president of the Supreme Court in Somalia. After the retirement, he wrote several non-fiction novels and was professor at the Kore University of Enna.{{cite book|last=Cristoforo Filetti, Antonio Pagano|title=Ottantuno anni di giovinezza|publisher=Bonanno, 1996|isbn=8877960655}}