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Pope Pius X (Italian: Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; [a] 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and for promoting liturgical reforms and Thomist scholastic theology.
Saint Pius X, Italian pope from 1903 to 1914, whose staunch political and religious conservatism dominated the early 20th-century Roman Catholic Church. He decreed the revision and codification of canon law in 1904.
Pope Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of the frequent reception of Holy Communion, especially by children. The second of 10 children in a poor Italian family, Joseph Sarto became Pius X at age 68. He was one of the 20th century’s greatest popes.
POPE ST. PIUS X (1835-1914) Feast: August 21. Perhaps nowhere in the history of the Church is there a better example of a man possessed of so many of the saintly virtues—piety, charity, deep humility, pastoral zeal, and simplicity—than in one of the newest of God's elect, St. Pius X.
pius x, pope (giuseppe melchiorre sarto), b. June 2, 1835, at Riese, Province of Treviso, in Venice. His parents were Giovanni Battista Sarto and Margarita (nee Sanson); the former, a postman, died in 1852, but Margarita lived to see her son a cardinal.
Pope Pius X was the 257th leader of the Catholic church, as well as the tenth to choose “Pius” as his name. His reigned as Pope and Bishop of Rome lasted 11 years and 16 days, from 1903 till his death in 1914.
Pius X, who reigned as Pope from his election in 1903 until his death in 1914, is the first of these great Vicars of Christ, having been canonized in 1954 by Pope Pius XII.
Saint Pius X, orig. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, (born June 2, 1835, Riese, Venetia, Austrian Empire—died Aug. 20, 1914, Rome, Italy; canonized May 29, 1954; feast day August 21), Pope (1903–14). Born in the Italian region of Venetia, he became bishop of Mantua in 1884 and patriarch of Venice in 1893. He was elected pope in 1903 and soon ...
Pope Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto on June 2, 1835, in the small Italian town of Riese, is renowned for his deep piety, charity, humility, pastoral zeal, and simplicity. Giuseppe was the eldest of eight surviving children in a poor family.
Beginning Pontificate: 4,9.VIII.1903: End Pontificate: 20.VIII.1914: Secular Name: Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto: Birth: Riese (Treviso) Website: http://w2.vatican.va ...