RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pius XI

1857 - 1939

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Pope Pius XI (Italian: Pio XI; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, Italian: [amˈbrɔ:dʒo daˈmja:no aˈkille ˈratti]; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State upon its creation on 11 February 1929. Pius XI issued numerous encyclicals, including Quadragesimo anno on the 40th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's groundbreaking social encyclical Rerum novarum, highlighting the capitalistic greed of international finance, the dangers of atheistic socialism/communism, and social justice issues, and Quas primas, establishing the feast of Christ the King in response to anti-clericalism. The encyclical Studiorum ducem, promulgated 29 June 1923, was written on the occasion of the 6th centenary of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas, whose thought is acclaimed as central to Catholic philosophy and theology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Pius XI is the 34th most popular religious figure (up from 75th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Italy (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius XI is most famous for his encyclical of 1931, "Quadragesimo Anno," which called for a new social order based on the principle of solidarity.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius XI ranks 34 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Anne, Francis of Assisi, Pope Pius XII, Saint George, Pope Pius IX, and James, son of Zebedee. After him are Isaac, Pope Pius X, Pope Clement I, Pope Benedict XV, Elijah, and Guru Nanak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Pope Pius XI ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Hertz, Ferdinand de Saussure, Clara Zetkin, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Edward Elgar, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Joseph Conrad, Henrik Pontoppidan, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and Alfonso XII of Spain. Among people deceased in 1939, Pope Pius XI ranks 2. Before him is Sigmund Freud. After him are Alphonse Mucha, Howard Carter, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Roth, W. B. Yeats, Eugen Bleuler, S. P. L. Sørensen, Ghazi of Iraq, Harvey Cushing, and Philipp Scheidemann.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius XI ranks 35 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Pius IX (1792), Marcus Aurelius (121), Sandro Botticelli (1445), Nero (37), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), and Ovid (-43). After him are Petrarch (1304), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Geta (189), Caligula (12), Pope Pius X (1835), and Pope Clement I (40).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius XI ranks 8. Before him are Pope Leo XIII (1810), Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), and Pope Pius IX (1792). After him are Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), Pope Urban VII (1521), Pope Clement VII (1478), and Pope Gregory XVI (1765).

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