Blessed Professor Contardo Ferrini LL.D.

Abstract

CONTARDO FERRINI was born in Milan on the 4th April 1859, to Luigia Bucellati and Commandatore Rinaldo Ferrini, a famous professor whose work in the field of science is well known. Two years after Contardo's birth, Rinaldo bought a small villa at Suna near Lago Maggiore. There Contardo spent his childhood, running, healthy and happy, in the garden of the villa and on the shores of the lake. When he started going to school, he was at once marked for his sensitiveness which provoked much teasing from his fellows. Still he loved them all the more "for the sake of winning my ideals" he used to say.