Priest · Remembered on May 23

St. John Baptist de Rossi

St. John Baptist de Rossi is remembered on May 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	May 23
Title	Priest
Died	1764
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Sunday, May 23, 2027

Life

A Roman priest, epileptic and scrupulous, who feared the confessional for years — then discovered in it his life’s work among the drovers, prisoners, and homeless women of the city, hearing confessions from dawn and founding a hospice with everything he had.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. John Baptist de Rossi. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Sunday, May 23, 2027	The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity	White	Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 · Psalm 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22 · Romans 8:14-17 · Revelation 1:8 · Matthew 28:16-20
Tuesday, May 23, 2028	Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter	White	Acts 16:22-34 · Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 · See John 16:7, 13 · John 16:5-11

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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