Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X (Latin: Pius PP. X; Italian: Pio X, 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 258th Pope from 1903 to 1914.[5] He is a saint of the Catholic Church,[6] well known as being strongly against members of the Catholic Church trying to make it follow modern ideas, a movement called modernism.[7]
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Early life
Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835 in Riese in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. He studied at the University of Padua.[8]
Priest
Bishop
In 1884, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto the Bishop of Mantua.[8]
Cardinal
In 1893, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto a cardinal and the Patriarch of Venice.[6]
Pope
On 20 4 August 1903, Cardinal Sarto was elected pope; and he chose to be called Pius X.[8]
Saint
In 1951, he was beatified, which is a step in the process of naming a saint of the Catholic Church.
In 1954, he was canonized as a saint.
Pope Pius X Media
The Marian image of Our Lady of Confidence, for whom Pius X had a religious devotion. The Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Cardinal Luigi Macchi announces the election of Sarto as Pope Pius X.
An official photograph of Pius X wearing Papal regalia on 14 August 1903
Pope Pius X resting in the Vatican Gardens
Pope Pius X in an early color photograph, c. 1907
Pius X in his study while receiving a portraiture. Nearby is a statue of John Vianney.
Gala Berlin produced in Rome by the Casalini brothers, renowned carriage manufacturers, during the papacy of Pius IX, whose coat of arms is painted on both doors. As shown by the emblems of Pius IX and Pius X, painted on the right and left doors, respectively, the carriage was used during various pontificates until the beginning of the twentieth century.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "hSarto". Araldica vaticana. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ↑ "Why is St. Pius X the Society's patron?". 25 August 2014.
- ↑ cs:Pius X. Czech Wikipedia
- ↑ "Pope joins faithful at altar of St. Pius X". Vatican Insider. 22 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ↑ "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Pope Pius X," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ "Modernism | Roman Catholicism". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Flinn, Frank K. et al. (2007). "Pius X," in Encyclopedia of Catholicism, p. 519.
Other websites
Media related to Pius X at Wikimedia Commons
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- "Pope Pius X". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Pius X
- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Sarto
- Museo San Pio X
- Fondazione Giuseppe Sarto (in Italian)
Preceded by Leo XIII |
Pope 1903–1914 |
Succeeded by Benedict XV |