Apprenticed later to a barber, his duties frequentIy took him to the Camaldolese convent of San Gregorio on the Coelian Hill; there the abbot, Mauro Cappellari, and several of the fathers recognized his exceptional gifts, and made use of him in a quasi-secretarial capacity.
Apprenticed later to a barber, his duties frequentIy took him to the Camaldolese Monastery of Saint Gregory the Great on the Coelian Hill. The prior there, Mauro Cappellari, and several of the monks recognized his exceptional gifts, and made use of him in a quasi-secretarial capacity.