Editing Carlo Collodi (section)

==Early life==
Lorenzini was born in [[Florence]] on 24 November 1826. His mother Angiolina Orzali Lorenzini was a seamstress from [[Collodi (Italy)|Collodi]], the town from which he later took the pen name, and his father Domenico Lorenzini was a cook.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlo Collodi |url=http://authorscalendar.info/collodi.htm |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=authorscalendar.info}}</ref> Both parents worked for the ''{{lang|it|marchese}}'' Ginori Lisci.<ref name=":0" /> Carlo was the eldest child in the family<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Multi-Grade Readers Theatre: Stories about Short Story and Book Authors|last1=Barchers|first1=Suzanne|last2=Pfeffinger|first2=Charla|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2011|isbn=9781598848014|location=Santa Barbara, CA|pages=55}}</ref> and he had ten siblings; seven died at a young age.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pinocchio: Carlo Collodi {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/pinocchio-carlo-collodi |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> He spent most of his childhood in the town of Collodi where his mother was born. He lived there with his maternal grandmother. After attending primary school, he was sent to study at a [[theological seminary]] in [[Colle di Val d'Elsa|Colle Val d'Elsa]].<ref name=":1" /> An account at the seminary shows that the ''{{lang|it|marchese}}'' had offered financial aid, but the boy found that he did not want to be a priest so he continued his education at the College of the Scolopi Fathers in Florence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry|last=Zipes|first=Jack|publisher=Routledge|year=1997|isbn=0415918502|location=New York|pages=74}}</ref> In 1844, he started working at the Florentine bookstore Libreria Piatti, where he assisted Giuseppe Aiazzi, a prominent Italian manuscript specialist.<ref name=":2"/>