Guanzellis, Gianmaria De

Guanzellis, Gianmaria De an Italian prelate, was born in 1557 at Brazighella, near Faenza. He became a Dominican while still young, and taught school in various establishments of his order. Paul V chose him as a master of the sacred palace, and in 1607 he appointed him bishop of Polignano. Guanzellis died in 1619, leaving, Index Librorum Expurgandorum in Studiosorum Gratiam Conofectus (Rome, 1607): — Synodus Dimecesana Polymnianensis (Bari). See Hoefer, Nouv, Biog. Generale, s.v.