ROSSI, GIACINTO. - Dominican theologian, b. at Diano Sorreta on 22 Feb. 1826, d. at Genoa on 29 Jan. 1899. He entered religious life at Faenza in 1844 and studied at Bologna, where he took his degree in 1851. He taught at Ferrara (1851–52), Imola (1852–56), and Bologna (1856–66), where he was also regent of the Studium (1863–66). He had been master in theology since 1862.
When the Bolognese convent was suppressed (1866), he was obliged to take refuge in Genoa, where he devoted himself to preaching. He was one of the first ten Italian members of the Academy of St. Thomas. On 16 Aug. 1881 he was created titular bishop of S. Maria di Leuca (Cyprus) and appointed by Leo XIII rector of the Catholic University of Louvain; on 18 Nov. 1881 he was transferred to the episcopal see of Luni.
A profound expert in the doctrine of the Aquinate, he left various writings: Doveri dei cattolici nelle presenti condizioni d'Italia (Bologna 1861); Conforti e speranze (ibid. 1862); Spiritualità dell'anima umana (Genoa 1876); Catechismo e ateismo (ibid. 1878); 57 pastoral letters, rich in doctrine.