Career
Born in Cremona at the time part of Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, after his degree in theology at Pontifical Gregorian University he was ordained priest for his native diocese. He taught dogmatic theology at Cremona"s seminary then from 1865 to 1872 he was rector of the seminary. In 1872 pope Pius IX named him bishop of Borgo San Donnino now Fidenza, in 1879 he was transferred by pope Leo XIII to the diocese of Bergamo.
He died in 1904 in Bergamo.
