GAVAZZI (Gavatius), Modesto (Junior). - Conventual Franciscan theologian, died at Ferrara, died at Chieti in 1658. Master of theology, writer and Scotist theologian. He studied at the College of St. Bonaventure in Rome, and was afterwards regent of studies in various convents. Procurator general of the Order (1647) and consultor of the Holy Office (1649), he was appointed by Innocent X as censor of the Jansenist propositions condemned in 1653. He was raised to the archiepiscopal see of Chieti one year before his death.
Among his writings the following are noteworthy: De macula peccati permanenti et originalis (Bologna 1642), Opuscula theologica in quibus patissimum de processione Spiritus Sancti agitur (Rome 1650), De Vea. Eucharistius Sacram. ac Missae Sacrif. disputationes theol. ad mentem Scati (ibid. 1656). The well-known Scotist Mastro recalls him and cites him with great praise.
Bibliography6 worksB. Theuli, Thrinaplus Seraphius Coll. S. Bonav., Velletri 1652, pp. 140-41; Wadding, Scriptores, p. 173; Shazalov, II, p. 260; Harter, III,
BIBL.: B. Theuli, Thrinaplus Seraphius Coll. S. Bonav., Velletri 1652, pp. 140-41; Wadding, Scriptores, p. 173; Shazalov, II, p. 260; Harter, III, col. 944; G. Abate, Series Epp. O.F.M. Coerc., in Miscell. Franc., 31 (1931), p. 162; Eubel, IV, p. 332.
Odoardi, Giovanni. “Gavazzi (Gavatius), modesto (junior).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1969. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gavazzi-gavatius-modesto-junior.
MLA
Odoardi, Giovanni. “Gavazzi (Gavatius), modesto (junior).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1969. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gavazzi-gavatius-modesto-junior.
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author = {Odoardi, Giovanni},
title = {Gavazzi (Gavatius), modesto (junior)},
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address = {Città del Vaticano},
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url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gavazzi-gavatius-modesto-junior}
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