Pope Pius X

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Pius X
Bishop of Rome
Pius X in 1903
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
Orders
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
Personal details
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
Previous post
Motto Instaurare Omnia in Christo (Restore all things in Christ) [1]
Signature Pius X's signature
Coat of arms Pius X's coat of arms
Sainthood
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 Lu?ija, 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)
Other popes named Pius
Ordination history of
Pope Pius X
History
Diaconal ordination
Date 27 February 1858
Priestly ordination
Ordained by Giovanni Antonio Farina
Date 18 September 1858
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Lucido Maria Parocchi
Co-consecrators Pietro Rota
Giovanni Maria Berengo
Date 16 November 1884
Cardinalate
Elevated by Leo XIII
Date 13 June 1893
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Pope Pius X as principal consecrator
Francesco Cherubin 20 August 1899
Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi 29 January 1905
Pierre Dadolle 25 February 1906
Marie-Joseph Ollivier 25 February 1906
Benedict XV 22 December 1907
Adam Stefan Sapieha 17 December 1911
Pie Armand Pierre Sabadel 17 December 1911

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]

Early life [ change | change source ]

Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835 in Riese in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. He studied at the University of Padua . [8]

Priest [ change | change source ]

Sarto was ordained as a priest on 18 September 1858. [6]

Bishop [ change | change source ]

In 1884, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto the Bishop of Mantua . [8]

Cardinal [ change | change source ]

In 1893, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto a cardinal and the Patriarch of Venice . [6]

Pope [ change | change source ]

On 20 4 August 1903, Cardinal Sarto was elected pope; and he chose to be called Pius X. [8]

Saint [ change | change source ]

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.

Related pages [ change | change source ]

References [ change | change source ]

The Coat of Arms of Pius X
  1. "hSarto" . Araldica vaticana . Retrieved 2013-06-23 .
  2. "Why is St. Pius X the Society's patron?" . 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022 . Retrieved 15 June 2020 .
  3. cs:Pius X. Czech Wikipedia
  4. "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 .
  5. "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Pope Pius X," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
  7. "Modernism | Roman Catholicism" . Encyclopedia Britannica .
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Flinn, Frank K. et al. (2007). "Pius X," in Encyclopedia of Catholicism, p. 519.

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Media related to Pius X at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Leo XIII
Pope
1903–1914
Succeeded by
Benedict XV