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== Early life and education ==
Domenico Nostrini was born on 16 February 1744 at Casa Nostrini in [[Cosenza]]. At the time, Cosenza was part of [[Calabria Citra]] in the [[Kingdom of Naples]].

Nostrini began private parish instruction in Cosenza on 3 October 1752. His first education was based on Latin reading and written accounts. This was the normal preparation for a boy from a provincial household that expected him to handle family records.

On 2 October 1757, Nostrini entered the Seminario arcivescovile di Cosenza as an external lay pupil. He received grammar instruction and learned the written forms used in church records and estate papers. He left the seminary on 11 July 1762. On 4 September 1762, he began a notarial apprenticeship under Francesco Marchese in Cosenza.