The Holy See Search  Bl. Moses Tovini (1877-1930)  Diocesan
Priest  Moses Tovini was born on 27 December 1877 in Cividate
Camuno, Italy, and was the first of eight children. His father
Eugenio was an accountant and his mother, Domenica Malaguzzi,
was a teacher. His uncle, Bl. Giuseppe Tovini (beatified in
1998), was his godfather.  Moses was a very bright boy and
started elementary school in Breno at the age of 5. When he was
9, he moved to Brescia to continue his schooling and lived there
with his uncle and godfather.  Moses received his First Holy
Communion on 14 November 1886.  In 1889, he was sent to a school
in Romano Lombardia to finish his junior high school studies. It
was here that he met Dominic Menna, who became a life-long
friend.  In 1891 the third centenary of the death of St Aloysius
Gonzaga was solemnly celebrated at the school, and the two
students were so deeply fascinated by this young saint that they
began to consider a vocation to the priesthood.  Moses asked the
advice of his father conc