Santo DiMera
| Soap opera character | |
| |
| Santo DiMera | |
|---|---|
| Name | Santo DiMera |
| Date of Death | 1982 |
| Gender | Male |
| Siblings | Six older brothers |
| Married | Arranged Marriage to Unnamed Woman |
| Romances | Colleen Brady |
| Children | Stefano DiMera |
| Grandchildren | Tony DiMera Renée DuMonde (deceased), Megan Hathaway (deceased), Lexie Carver, Benjy Hawk, EJ Wells |
| Occupation | Ex-leader of the DiMera Enterprises and traveling salesman. |
| Portrayer | James Scott |
Santo DiMera is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. He is being portrayed by James Scott in flashbacks starting July 9 2007.
Santo was the seventh son, and father of crime lord Stefano DiMera. While doing business in Galway, Ireland, he became involved with a novice nun, Colleen Brady. Even though he was married and had a son at the time of their first meeting, he was drawn to Colleen and chose to persue her. Santo and Colleen shared letters and began a relationship after Santo's wife died.
Colleen died in what is said to be a horrible death and Santo blamed the Bradys. He vowed revenge against the Bradys and a vendetta began. In a letter written to Stefano from his deathbed, Santo told him the Bradys were living in the American city of Salem and ordered his son to go to America and undertake the family vendetta.
As of today its unclear how Colleen died, but Shawn Brady Sr. appears to know the true story. Santo's grandson, EJ Wells, looks exactly like Santo. Before he died, he gave Stefano a "black diamond", which is believed to be in his Phoenix ring. Available information on Santo's death is conflicting.
Retcon
The original story of Santo came from Stefano. Stefano told of having six brothers and claimed that he is the Phoenix because he is the "seventh son of the seventh son." There was also a mention of having a a sister in a past storyline. This has been retconned in the current storyline centering around the Brady/DiMera feud. This change has made Stefano an only child at this point in the story and made it unknown how André is related to Stefano. The only thing know about André is that André DiMera was brought to Salem in 1983 by Stefano DiMera. André was given plastic surgery to look exactly like Tony DiMera, and with Stefano the two planned to frame Roman for murders. His parentage has never been established nor has his exact relationship to Stefano. There is no indication in the current story that Santo had additional children, step or blood.
Family
Children
Grandchildren
- Tony DiMera (step)
- Renée DuMonde (deceased)
- Megan Hathaway (deceased)
- Lexie Carver
- Benjy Hawk
- EJ Wells
Great-grandchildren
- Theo Carver (by Lexie)
- Steven Hawk (by Benjy)