Giovanni Battista Monti (bishop)


Giovanni Battista Monti was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of San Severo.

Biography

Giovanni Battista Monti was born in 1607 in Ferrandina, Italy.
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.