Giovanni Battista de' Rossi (22 February 1698 – 23 May 1764) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. 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.
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22 February 1698 Voltaggio, Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Duchy of Savoy
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23 May 1764 (aged 66) Rome, Papal States
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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