Biography

Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini or Pope Paul VI was born on September 26, 1897 at Concesio of a wealthy family of the upper class. Giovanni was a frail but intelligent child who received education from the Jesuits near his home. After his ordination in 1920 he was sent to Rome to study at the Gregorian University and the University of Rome, but in 1922 he transferred to the Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici to study diplomacy he couldn't study at Gregorian University. The was named chaplain to the Federation of Italian Catholic University Students (FUCI), an assignment that was to have a decisive effect on his relations with the founders of the Christian Democratic Party. (Paul VI Wikipedia)