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== Early life and education ==

Benedetto Nostrini was born on 27 October 1784 in Aversa, then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. He belonged to the northern branch of the Nostrini family, which used the Casa di San Michele as its administrative residence. He began private instruction on 15 September 1792 and entered the Seminario vescovile di Aversa as an external lay pupil on 3 October 1796. His education focused on Latin reading and formal handwriting. He left the seminary on 21 June 1800.

On 3 November 1800, Nostrini began notarial instruction under [[Carlo Bellandi]] in Aversa. Bellandi taught him to copy legal acts and prepare formal records for private households.<ref name="bellandi"/> This training prepared Nostrini for his later work in the Nostrini family archive.