Rossi, Giovanni Battista

de, Italian archaeologist, Roman Catholic; b. in Rome, Feb. 23, 1822; educated at the Collegium Romanum; under the Jesuit Marchi's impulse devoted himself to archaeology, particularly to the Catacombs, and in this department is the universally acknowledged chief. In 1886 the emperor of Germany conferred upon him the cro of the Order of Merit. His two monumental works are In script i ones christ i a nae urb is Romano,, Rome, 1857-61; La Roma so terrane a Christian a, 1869-77, 3 vols. Since 1863 he has i ued Bullelino di archozologia Chris liana. * RUDIN (Eric Georg) Waldemar (Napoleon), Ph.D. (Upsala, 1857), D.D. (by the king's appointment, 1877, in consequence of a theological examination before the faculty of Upsala, 1871), Swedish Luther an theologian; b. at O. Ryd, Ostrogothia, Sweden, July 20, 1833; studied at the University of Upsala; ended the course in philosophy 1857, in theology 1859; was sec'y of the National Evangelical Society at Stockholm, 1859-62; director of the Foreign Mi ionary Institute there, 1862-69; vice-chaplain of the parish of St. Clara, Stockholm, 1869-72; privat-docent in the University of Upsala, 1872 (appointed 1871)- 75; adjunct in theology, 1875-77; profe or extraordinary of exegetical theology, 1877 to date. He was appointed a court preacher 1873. Since 1884 he has been a member of the committee for the revision of the Swedish translation of the Old Testament. He is a moderate Luther an, friendly to the biblical theology of Beck, and to the mystics. He is the author in Swedish of " Intimations of Eternity " (sermons on the texts of the Church Year), Stockholm, 1872-73, 2d ed. 1878; "Biblical Psychology," Upsala, 1st part 1875; " Soren Kierkegaard," 1880; " Synopsis of the Gospels," 1881; "Gospel of Mark," translated, with notes, 1883; " Introduction to Old-Testament Prophecy," 1884; " Commentary on the Minor Prophets," 1884 sqq.; "Discu ions on Theological and Ecclesiastical Subjects (1. Is it worth while to Instruct our Children in the Old Testament? 2. On the Influence of Personality in Preaching"), 1885-86; several sermons, addre es, tracts,