Modesto Gavazzi (archbishop)
Modesto Gavazzi, O.F.M. Conv. (died 1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Chieti (1657). Biography Modesto Gavazzi was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. On 19 Feb 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Chieti. He died soon after on 6 Mar 1657, a claim which is contradicted by the grant of the pallium to him on 12 March 1657. Modesto Gavazzi was scholastic philosopher and a close friend and colleague of the better-known Scotists Bonaventura Belluto (1600–76) and Bartholomew Mastrius. References 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Bishops appointed by Pope Alexander VII 1657 deaths Conventual Franciscan bishops