Giovanni Battista Franzoni was an Italian Christian communist and dissident theologian. A former Benedictine, he was Abbot of St. Paul's Outside the Walls from 1964 to 1973. Having become involved in activism and politics, he was laicized by Pope Paul VI in 1976.
- Occupation
- Catholic priest, writer, peace activist, theologian
- Position held
- abbot
- Citizenship
- Italy, Kingdom of Italy
- Born
- November 8, 1928
- Died
- July 13, 2017
