Carlo Rosini

Most Reverend Carlo Rosini
Bishop of Pozzuoli
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Pozzuoli
In office	1797–1836
Predecessor	Gaetano Maria Capece
Successor	Pietro Ignazio Marolda
Orders
Ordination	4 April 1772
Consecration	18 December 1797 by Giuseppe Doria Pamphili
Personal details
Born	(1748-04-07)April 7, 1748 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	18 February 1836(1836-02-18) (aged 87) Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Carlo Maria Rosini (7 April 1748, in Naples – 18 February 1836, in Naples) was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop and philologist. Rosini worked on the carbonized papyrus scrolls found at Herculaneum, the first volume of which he helped publish in 1793.

Biography

Carlo Maria Rosini studied under the Jesuits, embraced the ecclesiastical life, and in 1784 became the successor of Nicola Ignarra as professor of Holy Scripture in the archiepiscopal seminary at Naples. He was canon of Naples Cathedral till 1792. Pope Pius VI made him Bishop of Pozzuoli on 21 December 1797. He was in favor with the king, and received the position of Councilor of State and grand almoner, and later, under Ferdinand I, was minister of public instruction. Rosini was a member of the Royal Herculaneum Academy after its reorganization, and was one of the most active in deciphering ancient manuscripts, of which he published a great number. They are included in the Herculanensia Volumina (Naples, 1793). Rosini died at Naples on February 18, 1836. His works are all on archaeological subjects, the principal one being Dissertatio isagogica ad Herculanensium Voluminum explanationem (ibid. 1797), a long treatise about the excavations happening at Herculaneum.

Bibliography

•  This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.

External links

• Palmieri, Pasquale (2017). "ROSINI, Carlo Maria". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 88: Robusti–Roverella (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Pozzuoli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Pozzuoli". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}