He was baptized in the nearby Santa Anna Chapel, which stands upon the walls of a castle.
== Zgodnje življenje ==Francesco Forgione se je rodil očetu Graziu Mariu Forgioneju (1860 – 1946) in mami Marii Giuseppi de Nunzio Forgione (1859 – 1929) 25. maja 1887 v Pietrelcini, kmečki vasi na jugu Italije.