ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of December PIUS VIII., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Francesco Xaverio Castiglione was born at Cingoli, November 20, 1761; elected March 31, 1829; he died December 1, 1830. He came of a noble family and attended the Jesuit school at Osimo, later taking courses of canon law at Bologna and Rome. In Rome he associated himself with his teacher Devoti, assisted him in the compilation of his "Institutiones" (1792), and, when Devoti was appointed Bishop of Anagni, became his vicar-general. He subsequently filled the same position under Bishop Severoli at Cingoli, and, after some time, became provost of the cathedral in his native city. In 1800 Pius VII named him Bishop of Montalto, which see he shortly afterwards exchanged for that of Cesena. Under the French domination he was arrested, having refused to take the oath of allegiance to the King of Italy, and brought to Macerata, then to Mantua, ...