How to Pronounce Alessandro Gavazzi
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Mar 21, 1809 Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy Died on 09 Jan 1889 (aged 79)
Roman Catholic priest turned Evangelical Christian activist; political activist
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About Alessandro Gavazzi
- Alessandro Gavazzi (21 March 1809 – 9 January 1889) was an Italian preacher and patriot.
- He at first became a monk (1825), and attached himself to the Barnabites at Naples, where he afterwards (1829) acted as professor of rhetoric.
- He left the church, and became best known as a provocative speaker against Catholicism, touring Europe and the United States.
- Protests against him broke out in Canada in 1853, causing numerous deaths in the Gavazzi Riots
