Carlo Maria Rosini studied under the
Jesuits, embraced the ecclesiastical life, and in 1784 became the successor of
Nicola Ignarra as professor of Holy Scripture in the archiepiscopal seminary at Naples. He was canon of
Naples Cathedral till 1792.
Pope Pius VI made him
Bishop of Pozzuoli on 21 December 1797. He was in favor with the king, and received the position of Councilor of State and grand
almoner, and later, under
Ferdinand I, was minister of public instruction. Rosini was a member of the
Royal Herculaneum Academy after its reorganization, and was one of the most active in deciphering ancient manuscripts, of which he published a great number. They are included in the
Herculanensia Volumina (Naples, 1793). Rosini died at Naples on February 18, 1836. His works are all on archaeological subjects, the principal one being
Dissertatio isagogica ad Herculanensium Voluminum explanationem (ibid. 1797), a long treatise about the excavations happening at Herculaneum. ==References==