Rossi

Overview

The chevalier Rossi of Rome, 1876-77, a man of Mgr de Falloux's household: «Monseigneur de Falloux ne pouvant sortir lui-même nous a envoyé le chevalier Rossi» (052/1876-01-11). Mon Journal t.7 index: «Rossi (chevalier)»; Kernberger (2013, glossary): «Rossi: acquaintance in Rome, member of the hunt club».

Relevance to Marie

A regular caller and source of Roman gossip. He tells the family who Pietro Antonelli is, «le comte Antonelli, le neveu du cardinal», and calls him a pazzerello (054/1876-02-15). On 23 April 1876 he has changed sides, to Marie's amusement: «Rossi devient libéral» after Bishop Freppel's quarrel with Mgr de Falloux (059.0197-0198); he then gives his version of Pietro's debts and of the cardinal's daughter married to Lambertini (059.0205-0222). Marie calls him «ce fils de monseigneur» (059.0226).

References in Diary

• First mentioned (as the chevalier Rossi of Rome): 1876-01-11 (052)
• Key entries: 1876-02-06 (053); 1876-02-15 (054); 1876-03-10, 03-11 (055); 1876-04-14 (058); 1876-04-23, 04-25 (059)

Related

• Falloux, Antonelli