 In 1882 he met a Carthusian monk who came to see him at the hospital in Rome and at his request assumed care for his four parentless nephews; he opened a home for them at Saronno after he arrived there.Monti died on 1 October 1900 almost blind.His order received papal approval from Pope Pius X in 1904 and his remains were later relocated on 22 September 1940.