Claim: Filippo Rinaldi joined the novitiate in San Benito Canaves in September 1879, and later received his ordination to the priesthood on 23 December 1882.
Evidence: It was a simplistic experience for Rinaldi to take on books but he learned to do so and joined the novitiate in San Benito Canaves in September 1879; he later received the cassock from Bosco himself on 20 October 1879. He made his initial profession on 13 August 1880 and he later received his ordination to the priesthood on 23 December 1882 in the Ivrea Cathedral from Archbishop Davide Riccardi.