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Pius X

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Also known as Pope Pius X, Saint Pius X, Pius PP. X, Pope Saint Pius X

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint

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Pius X, also known as Pope Pius X, was born in 1835 and died in 1914. He is recognized in the Popes collection and has authored works including *Catechismo della dottrina cristiana*, *Dopo il Congresso Eucaristico*, *On the Immaculate Conception*, *EDITAE SAEPE on St Charles Borromeo*, and *Pascendi Dominici Gregis*.

His recorded birth date is June 2, 1835, with a corresponding date of June 2, 1935, and his death occurred on August 20, 1914. He is referenced by 3,757 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him states, "I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor."

In music databases, Pius X is listed as an artist with the type "Other" from country XW. The genres associated with this entry include fixme or cleanup, special purpose, special purpose artist, and unknown. The gender is listed as Not applicable. The artist has 4 listeners and a playcount of 72.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth
Riese Pio X
Place of death
Apostolic Palace
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Languages spoken
Latin
Participant in
1903 conclave
Image
Pius X, by Ernest Walter Histed (retouched).jpg
Motto
Instaurare Omnia in Christo
Work location
Papal States
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Commons category
Pius X
described by source
Wikitólica
date of birth
1935-06-02
date of death
1914-08-20
topic's main category
Category:Pope Pius X
cause of death
myocardial infarction
birth name
Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto
manner of death
natural causes
Commons gallery
Pius X
feast day
August 21
Commons Creator page
Pius X
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pope Pius X (Italian: Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 until his death in August 1914. He was known for opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and for promoting liturgical reforms and Thomist scholastic theology. He initiated the preparation of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive and systemic work of its kind, which was ultimately promulgated by his successor. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pius X” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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