Giovanni Battista de Rossi.

Giovanni Battista de Rossi (February 23, 1822 – 20 September 1894) was an Italian archaeologist, famous outside his field for his rediscovery of early Christian catacombs. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

He was born in Rome. He applied the sciences of archaeology and epigraphy and his thorough knowledge of the topography of Rome and the resources of the Vatican Library, where he was employed cataloguing manuscripts, to Early Christian sites and guided the development of a new field, Christian archeology. He travelled widely, knew all the museum collections intimately and was at the center of a network of professional friendships with all the European scholars of his fields. Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. ... Christian Archeology (or archeology) is the study of Christianity through the recovery, documentation and analysis of cultural and environmental data. ...

In 1849 he rediscovered the lost Catacombs of Saint Callistus along the Via Appia Antica. The catacombs were opened in the early 3rd century, as the principal Christian cemetery in Rome, where nine 3rd-century popes were buried. Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, Italy The Appian Way (Latin: Via Appia) is a famous road built by the Romans. ...

He died at Castel Gandolfo. Country Italy Region Lazio Province Rome Mayor Maurizio Colacchi (since May 2002) Elevation 426 m Area 14 km² Population  - Total 6,927  - Density 495/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Castellani Dialing code 06 Postal code 00040 Frazioni Mole di Castel Gandolfo, Pavona Patron St. ...

Major works

• Inscriptiones christianae Urbis Romae septimo saeculo antiquiores (vol. I, Rome, 1861; part I of vol. II, Rome, 1888). His original plan, a compendium of Christian inscriptions in the city of Rome of the first seven centuries. The series was continued after his death.
• La Roma Sotterranea Cristiana (vol. I with an atlas of forty plates, Rome, 1864; vol. II with an atlas of sixty-two and A, B, C, D plates, Rome, 1867; vol. III with an atlas of fifty-two plates, Rome, 1877). The plates for the fourth volume were already at the printer when De Rossi died. A Christian couynterpart to an early classic of archaeology, Antonio Bosio's La Roma Sotterranea.
• Bullettino di archeologia cristiana. Six series of monographs and communications, which appeared monthly (1863-69), then quarterly (1870-75), (1876-81), then annually (1882-89), (1889-94), each series meticulously indexed.
• Mosaici delle chiese di Roma anteriori al secolo XV (Rome, 1872), a series of colored lithographs with text in French and Italian illustrating the Late Antique and medieval mosaics of Rome.
• Codicum latinorum bibliothecae Vaticanae Rossi's manuscript indexes of the Latin codices are used as reference books in the Vatican Library.
• Inscriptiones Urbis Romae latinae volume VI of Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (Berlin) of which Rossi was one of the leading editors.
• Martyrologium Hieronymianum, edited with Louis Duchesne in vol. 1, November, of the Bollandists' Acta Sanctorum. (Brussels, 1894).

The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. ... The so-called Martyrologium Hieronymianum, the martyrology of Jerome, was the most widely used and influential of the medieval lists of martyrs. ... Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne (September 13, 1843 - April 21, 1922) was a French priest, philologist, and historian. ... The Bollandists are an association of Jesuit scholars publishing the Acta Sanctorum (the Lives of the Saints). ...

See also

• De Rossi: other people named de Rossi.

de Rossi may refer to: Alessandra de Rossi, Philippine actress; Assunta de Rossi, Philippine actress; Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer; Fabrizio De Rossi, a fictional character in the 1997 film Titanic; Giovanni Battista de Rossi, Italian archaeologist; or Portia de Rossi, Australian actress. ...

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia 1908: Giovanni Battista de Rossi
• Chris Nyborg: "Catacombe di San Callisto"