GAVAZZI (Gavatiis), Modesto (Junior). — Franciscan Conventual theologian, born in Ferrara, died in Chieti in 1658. Master of theology, writer, and skeptical theologian. He studied at the College of St. Bonaventure in Rome and later served as regent of studies in various convents. Procurator General of the Order (1647) and consultant to the Holy Office (1649), he was appointed by Innocent X as censor of the Jansenist propositions condemned in 1653. He was elevated to the archiepiscopal see of Chieti one year before his death.
Among his writings are noted: *De macula peccati pernunientis et originalis* (Bologna 1642), *Opuscula theologica in quibus potissimum de processione Spiritus Sancti agitur* (Rome 1650), *De Veri. Enchiridiae Sacram, ac Missae Sacri. Disputations theol. ad mentem Sotii* (Venice 1656). The noted skeptic Mastrio recalls and cites him with great praise.