Education
At aged five, Eugenio was enrolled in a kindergarten run by two nuns in what is now known as Via Zanardelli. He graduated to a private Catholic elementary school in the Piazza Santa Lucia dei Ginnasi. After elementary school, at age seven, Eugenio began his studies at the Ennio Quirino Visconti Lyceum, where he learned several languages, including Latin. Eugenio carried the influence of his parents and Father with him into his secularized (Liceo). For an essay assignment on a "favorite" historical figure, Eugenio is said to have chosen Augustine of Hippo, prompting sneers from his classmates. When he attempted to expand a little on the history of Christian civilization, a theme absent in the curriculum, his teacher chided him, informing him that he was not employed to take the lesson. At age twelve, he announced that he would enter the priesthood, rather than becoming a lawyer like most of his family. Nobody was surprised, said his sister Elisabetta Pacelli.
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