ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 29th of May WELCOME! SAINT PAUL VI, POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Giovanni Battista Montini was born the second child of Giorgio and Giuditta Alghisi, in Concesio, Brescia, on September 26, 1897. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 19, 1920. He studied philosophy, civil law and canon law. In 1923 he was appointed attaché at the Apostolic Nunciature in Warsaw and a year later returned and began serving in the Secretariat of State in the Vatican. During his service to the Holy See - under the Pontificates of Pius XI and Pius XII - he also taught the history of papal diplomacy at the Lateran University, until December 13, 1937 when Pius XI appointed him Substitute of the Secretariat of State. During World War II, he engaged in aiding refugees and Jews, also overseeing the Vatican Information Office. In November 1952 he was appointed Pro-Secretary of State for General Affairs and two years later he was appoi...