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Saint John Baptist de Rossi (February 22, 1698 – May 23, 1764) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. ==Life== St John Baptist de Rossi was born in the municipality of Voltaggio, in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, then a part of the Duchy of Savoy. He was one of four children of Carlo de Rossi and Francesca Anfosi, relatively poor but very pious parents. At the suggestion of his uncle, Lorenzo de Rossi, a Church Canon, he travelled to Rome, to study at the Collegium Romanum, under the Jesuits, and at the Dominican College of St. Thomas, the future Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum''.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=g9cUepZUT-IC&pg=PA26 Accessed 14 June, 2014; http://mercaba.org/Rialp/J/juan_bautista_de_rossi_san.htm Accessed 14 June, 2014〕 His desire to become a priest was very strong, but was hampered by episodes of epilepsy, which would normally exclude one from the priesthood. Nonetheless he was granted a dispensation on March 8, 1721, and was ordained a priest soon after. He worked tirelessly in Rome on behalf of homeless women, the sick, prisoners and workers, becoming a very popular confessor. St John Baptist was known as a second Saint Philip Neri. Owing to his selfless desire to assist the needy and downtrodden, he eventually succumbed to illness and died on May 23, 1764. His mortal remains were interred in the main altar of the church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome, his base of operations.〔 *(Catholic Encyclopedia: ''St. John Baptist de Rossi'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint Giovanni Battista de Rossi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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