Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Monti | |
Bishop of San Severo | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of San Severo |
Term: | 1655–1657 |
Predecessor: | Leonardo Severoli |
Successor: | Francesco Densa |
Consecration: | 17 Oct 1655 |
Consecrated By: | Federico Sforza |
Birth Date: | 1607 |
Birth Place: | Ferrandina, Italy |
Death Date: | 1657 |
Giovanni Battista Monti (1607–1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of San Severo (1655–1657).[1]
Giovanni Battista Monti was born in 1607 in Ferrandina, Italy.[2] On 11 Oct 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of San Severo.On 17 Oct 1655, he was consecrated bishop Federico Sforza, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia, with Giovanni Francesco Passionei, Bishop of Pesaro, and Michele Angelo Vincentini, Bishop of Gerace, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of San Severo until his death in 1657.