Editing Sante Geronimo Caserio (section)

=== Youth in Italy ===
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}</mapframe>Sante Geronimo Caserio was born on 8 September 1873 in [[Motta Visconti]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1894-08-19 |title=L'Intransigeant |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k779862w |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> He was born into a modest family, the son of Martina Broglia and Antonio Caserio, a laborer who fought for Italy's independence against [[Austria-Hungary]].{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}} Caserio was the youngest of five siblings, which included an older sister and three older brothers, the eldest being Giovanni Caserio.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}}{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} One of his sisters died at a young age.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}}

As a child, he was often chosen by his village to portray [[John the Baptist]] during Catholic processions.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}} Caserio also served as an [[Altar server|altar servant]] during Mass.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}} He attended school until around the age of ten but stopped due to being deemed 'not very gifted'.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}}

At thirteen, Caserio began working as a baker’s apprentice in Milan under Olgiati,{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}}{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} who valued him for his skill in breadmaking.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}} He continued working in the bakery for several years. At eighteen, he met [[Pietro Gori]] and [[Antonio Caspani]], prominent Milanese anarchists.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}}{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} Caspani heavily influenced Caserio, who soon embraced anarchist ideals.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} He began frequenting a Milanese anarchist tavern, where he connected with figures like Ange Mazzini.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} Before leaving Milan for Paris in early 1892, Caspani entrusted Caserio with his apartment and tasked him with continuing anarchist propaganda.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}}
[[File:Sante Caserio L'Univers illustré.png|thumb|Depiction of Sante Caserio in ''L'Univers illustré'' (14 July 1894)]]
By then a notable figure in Milan’s anarchist circles, Caserio was arrested by Italian police on 26 April 1892 for distributing anarchist leaflets to soldiers outside military barracks.{{Sfn|Accoce|1998|p=137-138}}{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} A police search of his home uncovered a notebook written by Caspani containing addresses of anarchist contacts in Switzerland (Lugano and Geneva), along with Caserio’s own [[Antimilitarism|antimilitarist]] writings.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} Authorities charged him, and he was defended by Gori during his trial.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} On 28 November 1892, he was sentenced to eight months and ten days in prison for distributing subversive materials.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}}

Caserio appealed the verdict and was granted provisional release pending a retrial.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}} However, on 26 January 1893, after the mayor of Motta Visconti refused to issue him a passport due to his criminal record, he likely sought help from fellow [[Anarchist companionship|anarchists companions]] to obtain a forged passport. Using this, he fled to Switzerland, evading a second sentence of ten months in prison imposed in June 1893.{{Sfn|Berthoud|1969|p=39-45}}