He studied letters at the Jesuit college in Massa Lubrense and then philosophy and theology at the Collegio Massimo in Naples.
He had a gift for languages, claiming in one letter to have learned Hebrew in twenty days.
From his letters, it is apparent that he was inspired to be a missionary to East Asia by the recently martyrdom of the Jesuit Girolamo De Angelis.
He received permission in 1643, left Naples in 1644 and arrived at Goa in India in 1645, where he continued his theological studies at the Jesuit college.
Although he served as a missionary in India for over twenty years, there is no detailed information about his activities.