Giberto Borromeo

Proud though he was of his great name, he was in other respects humble and dutiful, and the charming letters he wrote to his father breathe a spirit of natural filial piety as well as intense love of God.

He generally addressed them, Cumiti Gilberto Borromeo, Patre Suovissimo, telling him in a very sprightly and graphic way his own sayings and doings, as well as those of his friends and tutors.

From the perusal we glean many interesting details relative to his daily life, and we can picture him as a gentle, studious lad, somewhat reserved, perhaps, and too fond of the solitude, but nevertheless very affectionate and docile.

End of chapter one Chapter two of Saint Charles Borromeo, a sketch of the reforming cardinal by Louise M. Stackpole.