Giuseppe Tartini was born in Pirano near Trieste (now Piran in Yugoslavia) on 8 April 1692. What little is known about his early life derives from a biography written by his friend, the cellist Antonio Vandini. It seems that his family intended him for the priesthood, and in 1708 he travelled to Padua to study law at the university. Instead, he married and turned to music, which brought him into conflict with the Church authorities and caused him to seek refuge in Assisi, where he is said to have studied with the Czech composer Bohuslav Cvernohorský.