Giovanni Battista De Rossi (1822–1894)

Born 1822 CE, died 1894 CE.

Giovanni Battista (Carlo) de Rossi (23 February 1822 – 20 September 1894) was an Italian archaeologist, famous even outside his field for rediscovering early Christian catacombs. He collaborated with Wilhelm Henzen and Theodor Mommsen in the compilation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

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