It has been of particular importance since G.B.'s youthful years. Montini the figure of the Oratorian Father Paolo Caresana (1882 - 1973), his confessor and spiritual director. At the side, a copy of an autograph letter from Montini addressed to him on 26 September 1971.The Pope will say of him: "he evokes in Our soul how much We ourselves owe to his spiritual assistance and his cordial friendship". Following is a photograph of Paul VI with Msgr. Carlo Manziana (1902-1997) and an autograph letter addressed to him on 21 August 1977. The prelate from Brescia, since he was a boy, had friendly relations with Montini, who, in Rome, where he went for studies, involved him in the Fuci and he furthered his religious vocation in the Congregation of the Oratory of San Filippo Neri. Subsequently Manziana, accused of anti-fascism, with nine other Brescians was interned in Dachau in 1944, but managed to survive. On 19 December 1963 he was appointed bishop of Crema by Paul VI.