OMBROSI, GIOVANNI PAOLO. – Florentine jurist of the 18th century (d. in 1774–75). Son of the rotal advocate Bartolomeo, he studied jurisprudence at the school of Vittorio Amadori (Martinius) and furthered his studies in the library of the marquis Antonio Niccolini. After spending time in Rome as secretary to Cornelio Caprara, auditor of the S. R. Rota and later a cardinal, he practised law before the Tribunal of the Florentine Rota.
His name is linked to the monumental collection of the Florentine rotal decisions, Selectarum Rotae florentinae decisionum thesaurus ex bibliotheca Johannis Pauli O. jurisconsultit et in Florentina Curia advocati, tomi II, cum indice materiarum locupletissimo (Florence 1760; 2nd ed. 1772–85). He also wrote a Memoriale textuum cardinalium juris qui frequentius in foro ac quotidiana praxis occurrunt (there 1769, 1824; Genoa 1799).