Early Life
Ernetti was born in Rocca Santo Stefano, near Rome, on October 13, 1925. At sixteen years old he entered the Benedictine abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. He remained there until his death at age sixty-nine. Father Ernetti was a linguist, biblical and musical scholar (a renowned specialist in "archaic" pre-Christian or pre-polyphonic music) as well as a scientist. Father Gabriele Amorth mentions him in his non-fiction book An Exorcist Tells his Story. Ernetti had a degree in quantum physics.
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