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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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 | Riese, Treviso, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire | 2 June 1835
Died | 20 August 1914 79) Apostolic Palace, Rome, Kingdom of Italy | (aged
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Motto | Instaurare Omnia in Christo (Restore all things in Christ)[1] |
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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 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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Early life
Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835 in Riese in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. He studied at the University of Padua.[8]
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.
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References

- "hSarto". Araldica vaticana. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- "Why is St. Pius X the Society's patron?". 25 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- 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.
- "Pope Pius X," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
- "Modernism | Roman Catholicism". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- Flinn, Frank K. et al. (2007). "Pius X," in Encyclopedia of Catholicism, p. 519.
Other websites
Media related to Pius X at Wikimedia Commons


. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
- 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 |