Province of Pistoia
Alberto Gori was born in San Piero Agliana in the Province of Pistoia. He belonged to the Tuscan province of the Franciscan church of Saint Bonaventure. Gori was ordained on 19 July 1914 in San Miniato al Tedesco. During World War I he served in the Italian army. After the war he was sent by his superiors to Palestine, where he entered the service of the Custody of the Holy Land.