 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kwa1865, pazera ramakore 13, Edgardo akava mudzidzi muCanon Regular yeLateran, achiwedzera zita raPapa kune rake amene kuti ave Pio Edgardo Mortara. Akanyorera kakawanda mhuri yake, iye akayeuka kudaro, achibata nechitendero nokuita zvandaigona kuti ndigovaita kuti vabvume zvokwadi yokutenda kweKaturike, asi haana kugamuchira mhinduro kutozosvikira muna May 1867. Vabereki vake, avo zvino vakanga vachigara muFlorence, vakanyora kuti vakanga vachiri kumuda zvikuru, asi havana kuona chinhu pamusoro pomwanakomana wavo mutsamba dzavakanga vagamuchira. Muna July 1870, Edgardo asati asvitsa makore 19, mauto eFrance aiva muRoma akabva zvachose pashure pokunge Hondo yeFrance nePrussia yatanga. Mauto eItaly akatora guta rachomusi wa20 September 1870. 