RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pius X

1835 - 1914

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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. Pius X is known for vigorously 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Pius X is the 36th most popular religious figure (up from 94th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Italy (up from 107th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pius X was most famous for his encyclical "Pascendi Dominici Gregis" which warned of the dangers of modernism.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius X ranks 36 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Pius XII, Saint George, Pope Pius IX, James, son of Zebedee, Pope Pius XI, and Isaac. After him are Pope Clement I, Pope Benedict XV, Elijah, Guru Nanak, Pope Alexander VI, and Jeremiah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Pope Pius X ranks 1. After him are Mark Twain, Empress Dowager Cixi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, Josef Stefan, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Giosuè Carducci, Andrew Carnegie, and Demetrius Vikelas. Among people deceased in 1914, Pope Pius X ranks 1. After him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, George Westinghouse, and Georg Trakl.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius X ranks 40 out of 5,161. Before him are Ovid (-43), Pope Pius XI (1857), Petrarch (1304), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Geta (189), and Caligula (12). After him are Pope Clement I (40), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Pope Benedict XV (1854), Giacomo Puccini (1858), Alessandro Volta (1745), and Brutus the Younger (-85).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius X ranks 9. Before him are Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pope Pius IX (1792), and Pope Pius XI (1857). After him are Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), Pope Urban VII (1521), Pope Clement VII (1478), Pope Gregory XVI (1765), and Pope Julius II (1443).

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