Pope Pius X
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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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Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Rome |
See | Holy See |
Papacy began | 4 August 1903 |
Papacy ended | 20 August 1914 |
Predecessor | Leo XIII |
Successor | Benedict XV |
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Ordination | 18 September 1858 by Giovanni Antonio Farina |
Consecration | 16 November 1884 by Lucido Maria Parocchi |
Created cardinal | 12 June 1893 by Pope Leo XIII |
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Birth name | Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto |
Born | (1835-06-02)2 June 1835 Riese, Treviso, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire |
Died | 20 August 1914(1914-08-20) (aged 79) Apostolic Palace, Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
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Motto | Instaurare Omnia in Christo (Restore all things in Christ)[1] |
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Feast day | 21 August 3 September (General Roman Calendar 1955–1969) |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 3 June 1951 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pius XII |
Canonized | 29 May 1954 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pius XII |
Patronage | Society of Saint Pius X[2] Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia; Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa; First Communicants; Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Montana; Archdiocese of Kottayam, India; Esperantists;[3] pilgrims; Santa Luċija, Malta; Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Archdiocese of Zamboanga, Philippines; emigrants from Treviso; Patriarchy of Venice; Catechists;[4] St. Pius X Seminary (Dubuque, Iowa) |
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