He was a member of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and acted majority of his ministry in South Sudan.

He published, with father Luigi Bonomi, the first catechism and dictionary in Nobiin language, unknown in Europe until that moment.

He was superior of the El Obeid mission until 1878, with no good relations with the local population, of Muslim faith, who had always opposed him.

After Comboni's death in 1881, he was appointed superior ad interim for the entire Central African mission.

[4] In Caselle Landi, his hometown, the street that runs alongside the church and leads to the countryside was dedicated to him.