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Pope Pius XII

1876 - 1958

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Pope Pius XII (Italian: Pio XII; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church, Primate of Italy, and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Pius". The papacy of Pius XII was long, even by modern standards; it lasted almost 20 years, and spanned a consequential fifth of the 20th century. Pius was a diplomat pope during the destruction wrought by the Second World War, the recovery and rebuilding which followed, the beginning of the Cold War, and the early building of a new international geopolitical order, which aimed to protect human rights and maintain global peace through the establishment of international rules and institutions (such as the United Nations). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Pius XII is the 30th most popular religious figure (up from 61st in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Italy (up from 60th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius XII was most famous for his efforts to help the Jews during World War II.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius XII ranks 30 out of 3,187. Before him are Matthew the Apostle, Saint Nicholas, Pope Paul VI, Pope John XXIII, Saint Anne, and Francis of Assisi. After him are Saint George, Pope Pius IX, James, son of Zebedee, Pope Pius XI, Isaac, and Pope Pius X.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Pope Pius XII ranks 1. After him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mata Hari, Konrad Adenauer, Jack London, Adolf Windaus, John Macleod, Róbert Bárány, Erich Raeder, Zewditu, Otto Diels, and Wilhelm Pieck. Among people deceased in 1958, Pope Pius XII ranks 1. After him are Rosalind Franklin, Wolfgang Pauli, Imre Nagy, Roger Martin du Gard, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Kurt Alder, Tyrone Power, Faisal II of Iraq, Clinton Davisson, Ernest Lawrence, and John B. Watson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius XII ranks 26 out of 5,161. Before him are Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), Virgil (-70), Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), and Francis of Assisi (1182). After him are Pompey (-106), Caravaggio (1571), Pope Pius IX (1792), Marcus Aurelius (121), Sandro Botticelli (1445), and Nero (37).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius XII ranks 6. Before him are Pope John Paul I (1912), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), and Francis of Assisi (1182). After him are Pope Pius IX (1792), Pope Pius XI (1857), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), and Pope Urban VII (1521).

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