Giovanni Battista de' Rossi | |
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Priest | |
Born | Voltaggio, Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Duchy of Savoy | 22 February 1698
Died | 23 May 1764 Rome, Papal States | (aged 66)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 13 May 1860, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX |
Canonized | 8 December 1881, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII |
Major shrine | Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, Rome, Italy |
Feast | 23 May |
Attributes | |
Patronage | Voltaggio |
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi (22 February 1698 – 23 May 1764) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest.[1][2] He served as the canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin after his cousin, who was a priest serving there, died. He was a popular confessor despite his initial fears that his epileptic seizures could manifest in the Confessional. Rossi opened a hospice for homeless women not long after his ordination, and he became known for his work with prisoners and ill people, to whom he dedicated his entire ecclesial mission.[3]
Rossi's canonization was celebrated on 8 December 1881. It had begun decades before but was suspended due to tensions in Europe that meant work could not be pursued regarding the cause; it was later revitalized and he was beatified in 1860.[1]