About Giovanni Battista Gentile
Lived 1658 – 1695 (aged 36–37). Giovanni Battista Gentile was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Giovanni Battista Gentile, O.S.B. (1658–1695) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ajaccio (1694–1695).
Biography Giovanni Battista Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy in 1658 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 13 September 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Ajaccio. On 19 September 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Bishop of Como, and Pierre Lambert Ledrou, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Ajaccio until his death on 2 September 1695.
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Giovanni Battista Gentile was born in 1658 in Genoa.
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Giovanni Battista Gentile died on 2 September 1695 in Ajaccio.
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