 Antionio Staglianò was born in Isola Capo Rizzuto (Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina) in 1959.He attended courses in the minor seminary, in the school to Reggio Calabria.He studied philosophy and theology in the seminaries of Saronno (1977–1979), of Venegono (1979–1982) and the Pontifical Lombard Seminary (1982–1986).