Modesto Gavazzi (archbishop)

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Modesto Gavazzi, O.F.M. Conv. (died 1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Chieti (1657).

Most Reverend Modesto Gavazzi
Archbishop of Chieti
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Chieti
In office	1657
Predecessor	Angelo Maria Ciria Panvini
Successor	Niccolò Radulovich
Personal details
Died	6 Mar 1657

Biography

Modesto Gavazzi was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.^[1][2] On 19 Feb 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Chieti.^[1][2] He died soon after on 6 Mar 1657,^[1][2] a claim which is contradicted by the grant of the pallium to him on 12 March 1657.^[3]

Modesto Gavazzi was scholastic philosopher and a close friend and colleague of the better-known Scotists Bonaventura Belluto (1600–76) and Bartholomew Mastrius.^{[citation needed]}