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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...
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    pontificate did Pius XII hold a consistory to create new cardinals, in contrast to Pius XI, who had done so 17 times in as many years. Pius XII chose not...
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  • Pope Pius XI. Pius XI issued 31 papal encyclicals during his reign as pope and was considering one at his death. At the time of his death, Pius XI was...
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    Kristallnacht pogrom, Pius joined Western leaders in condemning the pogrom, and antisemitism, sparking protest from the Nazis. Pius XI died in 1939, on the...
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    The relations between Pope Pius XI and Judaism during his reign from 1922 to 1939 are generally regarded as good. The pontiff was particularly opposed...
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  • and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe is a 2014 biography of Pope Pius XI about his relations with Benito Mussolini...
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  • The Pius XI Medal is an award presented every second year by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to a promising scientist under the age of 45. 1939 Corneille...
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    Tributes to Pope Pius; The Canberra Times; Oct 10, 1958 Gorsky, Jonathan. "Pius XII and the Holocaust" (PDF). Yad vashem. "Pius XI". Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    In sixteen years, Pope Pius XI (r. 1922–1939) created 76 cardinals in 17 consistories. Though he created 18 cardinals at a consistory in 1935, he typically...
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  • Pope Pius XII (1939–1958) canonized numerous saints, including Pope Pius X and Maria Goretti. He beatified Pope Innocent XI. The first canonizations of...
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    Pius XI High School is a private Catholic high school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Its enrollment...
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    V. Pius V died on 1 May 1572. Pius V suffered from bladder stones, a condition for which he was unwilling to have an operation. Additionally, Pius V fasted...
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  • rescinded in 1960 Pope Hyginus (Saint) (c. 138 – c. 142), martyrdom Pope Pius I (Saint) (c. 142 – c. 154), martyred by the sword according to old sources...
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    maltreatment by Philip IV of France. Following the subsequent death of Pope Benedict XI, Philip forced a deadlocked conclave to elect the French Clement V as pope...
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  • Foreign relations between Pope Pius XI and Spain were very tense, especially because they occurred within the context of the Spanish Civil War and the...
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  • Quadragesimo anno (category Encyclicals of Pope Pius XI)
    statements from Leo XIII, and also the encyclical Singulari quadam of Pius X. Pius XI subtitled his encyclical Reconstruction of the Social Order. In the...
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    Pope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church...
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  • The relationship between Pope Pius XI and Poland is often considered to have been good, as Church life in Poland flourished during his pontificate. Achille...
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  • list of saints canonized by Pope Pius XI. List of saints canonized by Pope Leo XIII List of saints canonized by Pope Pius XII List of saints canonized by...
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    Church. The Society of Saint Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic fraternity formed decades after his death, is named after him. Pius X was devoted to the Blessed...
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  • fourth century. Pope Pius XI's first encyclical was Ubi arcano Dei consilio of December 1922. Writing in the aftermath of World War I, Pius noted that while...
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    was considered the closest and most influential advisor of Pope Pius XII. In 1954, Pius named Montini Archbishop of Milan, the largest Italian diocese...
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  • Pius X (1903–1914) Pope Pius XI (1922–1939) Pope Pius XII (1939–1958) Lucian Pulvermacher (Antipope Pius XIII; 1998–2009) Pius XV, a character in the Babylon...
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  • Pope Pius XI (r. 1922–39) beatified throughout his pontificate; the pope beatified 511 individuals in total. List of people beatified by Pope Pius XII...
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    Pope Pius II (1458–1464) Pope Paul II (1464–1471) Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484) Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492) Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) Pope Pius III...
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    control, Paul VI built on the teachings of his predecessors, especially Pius XI, Pius XII and John XXIII, all of whom had insisted on the divine obligations...
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    Pope Pius II (Latin: Pius PP. II, Italian: Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August...
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    who have honored Our Lady of Luján are Clement XI, Clement XIV, Pius VI, Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius XI, Pius XII, and John Paul II. In 1824, Fr. John Mastai...
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    (Romanian: Colegiul Pontifical Pio Romeno) is a college established by Pope Pius XI for young people from the Romanian Greek Catholic Church who are in various...
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    Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius (19 September AD 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors...
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