biography
| name: |
de Rossi, Giovanni Battista
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pronunciation:
[day rosee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1822–94)
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| biography:
| Archaeologist, born in Rome, Italy. He is known for his research on the Christian catacombs of St Callistus in Rome, and has been called ‘the founder of Christian archaeology’. |
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