Pope Pius X

Pope Saint 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	Archpriest of Salzano (1867–75) Chancellor of the Diocese of Treviso (1875–84) Vice-Capitular of Treviso (1879–80) Bishop of Mantova (1884–93) Patriarch of Venice (1893–1903) Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme (1893–1903)
Motto	Instaurare Omnia in Christo (Restore all things in Christ)[1]
Signature
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 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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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]

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. ↑ "Pope Pius X," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-02.
7. ↑ "Modernism | Roman Catholicism". Encyclopedia Britannica.