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== Early life and ordination ==
Paolo Nostrini was born on 22 June 1756 in [[Mendicino]], in [[Calabria Citra]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. He belonged to the older Calabrian branch of the Nostrini family.<ref name="calabria-citra-nostrini"/> He began parish instruction in Mendicino on 4 October 1764. On 12 November 1769, he entered the Seminario arcivescovile di Cosenza. His education covered Latin and canon law. He also learned how parishes recorded marriages and issued ecclesiastical certifications.

On 7 May 1774, Nostrini married his cousin [[Maria Giuseppa Nostrini]] at the parish church of San Nicola in Mendicino. She died on 18 January 1778.<ref name="maria-giuseppa"/> He entered minor orders on 21 March 1779 and completed his theological instruction on 18 July. Nostrini was ordained at Cosenza Cathedral on 24 September 1780.