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Pope Pius X (Italian: Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914.
May 29, 2024 · Saint Pius X, Italian pope from 1903 to 1914, whose staunch political and religious conservatism dominated the early 20th-century Roman Catholic Church. He decreed the revision and codification of canon law in 1904.
POPE ST. PIUS X (1835-1914) Feast: August 21. Perhaps nowhere in the history of the Church is there a better example of a man possessed of so many of the saintly virtues—piety, charity, deep humility, pastoral zeal, and simplicity—than in one of the newest of God's elect, St. Pius X.
Jun 5, 2024 · Pope Pius X was the 257th leader of the Catholic church, as well as the tenth to choose “Pius” as his name. His reigned as Pope and Bishop of Rome lasted 11 years and 16 days, from 1903 till his death in 1914.
May 25, 2024 · Pope Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the first Pope elected in the 20th century. He came to the papal office in 1903 and died 11 years later in 1914, just as World War I was...
Saint Pius X, orig. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, (born June 2, 1835, Riese, Venetia, Austrian Empire—died Aug. 20, 1914, Rome, Italy; canonized May 29, 1954; feast day August 21), Pope (1903–14). Born in the Italian region of Venetia, he became bishop of Mantua in 1884 and patriarch of Venice in 1893. He was elected pope in 1903 and soon ...
S. Pius PP. X Giuseppe Sarto 4.VIII.1903 - 20.VIII.1914. PIUS X. Apostolic Constitutions; Apostolic Exhortations; Apostolic Letters
