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Pope Pius X ( Italian: Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; [a] 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and for promoting liturgical reforms and scholastic theology.
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.
Aug 21, 2023 · Pius X, who reigned as Pope from his election in 1903 until his death in 1914, is the first of these great Vicars of Christ, having been canonized in 1954 by Pope Pius XII.
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 ...
Pius X, POPE (GIUSEPPE MELCHIORRE SARTO), b. June 2, 1835, at Riese, Province of Treviso, in Venice. His parents were Giovanni Battista Sarto and Margarita (nee Sanson); the former, a postman, died in 1852, but Margarita lived to see her son a cardinal.
Pius X 257th Pope of the Catholic Church
6 days ago · 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...
20.VIII.1914 PIUS X
Aug 21, 2023 · Pope Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto on June 2, 1835, in the small Italian town of Riese, is renowned for his deep piety, charity, humility, pastoral zeal, and simplicity. Despite his humble beginnings, he became an important figure in the Catholic Church and left a lasting legacy.
