Born in Cuasso al Monte, he entered the Order of Saint Benedict of the San Giacomo Abbey in Pontida in 1944 and received the religious name of Paolo.
[1] Lunardon studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm, the religious school of the Benedictine Order in Rome.
He graduated from the "Vatican School of Paleography, Diplomacy and Archives " (Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica).
Pope John Paul II appointed him on November 16, 1992 as Apostolic Administrator of the Territorial Badia di Cava.
Paolo Lunardon died in Abbey of Sain Giacomo, in Pontida at the age of 87 on 11 October 2017.