In 1184 he entered the Canons Regular of Sant'Eufemia before he did theological studies in Paris at the college there after having been sent there around 1185 (though he did first do his studies in Piacenza).
In 1184 he joined the Canons Regular of Sant'Eufemia before embarking on his theological studies in Paris, which he initially attended at a college there around 1185; earlier, he had studied in Piacenza.