AGNELROSSO. - Carmelite bishop, born in Naples in 1645, died in Potenza on 30 April 1707. He taught theology in Florence and Naples, served as rector and later prior of the Carmine Maggiore convent in Naples. On 2 May 1695 he was appointed bishop of Potenza in Basilicata. He is remembered as an excellent preacher. He left several writings: *Panegirico della b. Caterina di Bologna*, *Panegirico di s. Teresa*, *Cursus Philosophiae*, *Cursus Theologiae*.
BIBL.: Cosme de Villiers, *Bibliotheca carmelitana*, I, Orléans 1752, col. 100; Ughelli, VII, col. 144. Emma Santovito