St. John Baptist Rossi

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Feastday: May 23
1698 - 1764

This holy priest was born in 1698 at the village of Voltaggio in the diocese of Genoa and was one of the four children of an excellent and highly respected couple. When he ws ten a nobleman and his wifre who were spending the summer at Voltaggio obtained permission from his parents to take him back with them to Genoa to be trained in their house. He remained with them three years, winning golden opinions from all, notably from two Capuchin friars who came to his patrons home. They carried such a favourable report of the boy to his uncle who was then minister provincial of the Capuchins that a cousin Lorenzo Rossi a canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin invited him to come to Rome. The offer was accepted and he entered the Roman College at the age of thirteen. Popular with his teachers and with his fellow pupils he had completed the classical course with distinction when the reading of an ascetical book led him to embark on exfessive mortifications. The strain on his strength at a time when he was working hard led to a complete breakdown which boliged him to leave the roman College. He recovered sufficiently to complete his training at the Minerva, but he never was again relly robust. ndeed his subsequent labours were performed under the handicap of almost constant suffering.

On March 8, 1721 at the age of twenty three he was ordained and his first Mass was celebrated in the Roman College at the altar of St. Aloysius Gonzaga to whom he always had a special devotion.

His fame came from his work as a confessor and as his ministry to the sick.

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Janice Walsh
3 weeks ago
There are more typos than previously noted, one of which is "wifre"instead of "wife." There are also several run-on sentences. It is difficult to read even an informative piece such as this when interrupted by poorly edited prose.
christopher antony
3 weeks ago
St.John Baptist Rossi please pray for me and my family
God Bless us I ask you for your help in my work
Amen
Thomas Rossi
1 year ago
It is nice to be able to come on here and learn more about my relatives like St. John Baptist Rossi. Thomas Rossi Hodgenville, Ky 42748
richard lewis
2 years ago
please proof-read your copy. people are beginning to say that your editor is a protestant.
David Anthony Denny
2 years ago
The article has not been proof-read. I'm correcting errors by using all capital letters:
When he WAS ... two Capuchin friars who came to his PATRONS' home. ... EXCESSIVE mortifications. ... OBLIGED him to leave the ROMAN College. He recovered sufficiently to complete his training at the Minerva, but he never was again REALLY robust. INDEED his subsequent labours were performed under the handicap of almost constant suffering.
Id
2 years ago
The accounts on the lives of saints given on this site are always very helpful.
Please ask someone (or two persons) who is (are) proficient in English to proof read before posting the write-ups on the site so as to avoid mistakes - e.g. "boliged him to leave the roman College" , "embark on exfessive mortifications" and "but he never was again relly robust"
Keep up the good work. God bless you!
Rose Jaworski
3 years ago
This story was very interesting, I read this page everyday before going to work.
ivonnealswager
4 years ago
As my mind was wondering,I would like to figure out in those days, how the holy ones like this saint of the day had make it knowing that in those days there wasn not tec. or material things how envi work out, I guess that whomever had the most chickens, cows,lambs etc.well there where probably envious. And compare to now days people always want the car, the house even if they work and live from pay-ck to pay ck. Envy is a big sin in my opinion, a person should have properties, and things,to give to their children and to live a good live/because the world was created by God and then it means is good, and God is Rich, so he can give us enithing we want, as long that we understand that is temporary, and that our ritches are really in heaven. It is down when you meet somebody, girlfriend, and they show up or they want to let you know they have that and the othe when in reality, whats in their hearts? Maybe I was a lucky person when I was a child that, I understood, the goodness in people, and the sins of the world. If they make it in the 16 ghundreds why can we. Its nice to know about a subject without bragging, and have nice things/ but thats what they are things, that one day when out number comes up we can not take with us. So please ladies give your husbands a chance and lets work toguether, on having the house, the kid, the car etc, Love is for the 2 of you all without working so hard, killing the body and at times the spirit obtaining material things. Lets not be so picky.

Thanks Ivoone Alswager
A Dale
4 years ago
this is a very interesting saint

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