{"id":"pope-pius-x","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-x","language":"en","name":"Pope Pius X","name_en":"Pope Pius X","name_ne":null,"description":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint","headline":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint","also_known_as":[],"summary":"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. He opposed modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and promoted 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.","summary_more":["Born in the Austrian Empire to a poor family, Pius X was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Confidence, while his papal encyclical Ad diem illum took on a sense of renewal that was reflected in the motto of his pontificate. He advanced the Liturgical Movement by formulating the principle of participatio actuosa (active participation of the faithful) in his motu proprio, Tra le sollecitudini (1903). He encouraged the frequent reception of Holy Communion, and he lowered the age for First Communion, which would become a lasting innovation of his papacy.","Like his predecessors, Pius X promoted Thomism as the principal philosophical method to be taught in Catholic institutions. He opposed various 19th-century philosophies that he viewed as an intrusion of secular errors incompatible with Catholic dogma, especially modernism, which he critiqued as the synthesis of every heresy.","Pius X was known for his firm demeanour and sense of personal poverty, reflected by his membership of the Third Order of Saint Francis. He regularly gave sermons from the pulpit, a rare practice at the time. After the 1908 Messina earthquake, he filled the Apostolic Palace with refugees, long before the Italian government acted. He rejected any kind of favours for his family, and his close relatives chose to remain in poverty, living near Rome. He also undertook…"],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"2 June 1835","date":"1835-06-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Riese Pio X","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46787"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"20 August 1914","date":"1914-08-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Apostolic Palace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145093"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kingdom of Italy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172579","start":"1861-03-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867","start":"1858-09-18"},{"text":"transitional deacon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7834465","start":"1858-02-27"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644","start":"1884-11-10","end":"1893-06-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (4 August 1903 – 20 August 1914)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1903-08-04","end":"1914-08-20"},{"text":"patriarch of Venice (15 June 1893 – 4 August 1903)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59781902","start":"1893-06-15","end":"1903-08-04"},{"text":"cardinal (since 12 June 1893)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1893-06-12"},{"text":"Roman Catholic Bishop of Mantova (since 10 November 1884)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105102656","start":"1884-11-10"},{"text":"canon (1875–1884)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1104153","start":"1875","end":"1884-11-10"},{"text":"chancellor (1875–1884)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373085","start":"1875","end":"1884-11-10"},{"text":"vicar (1858–1867)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193364","start":"1858-09-18","end":"1867"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836057"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_X","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Pius X born?","a":"Pope Pius X was born on 2 June 1835 in Riese Pio X."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Pius X held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Pius X include: Pope (1903–1914); patriarch of Venice (1893–1903); cardinal (since 12 June 1893); Roman Catholic Bishop of Mantova (since 10 November 1884); canon (1875–1884)."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope John XXIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-john-xxiii"},{"name":"Pope John Paul I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-john-paul-i"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-pius-x-c45bd5b5ce.jpg","width":500,"height":628,"license":"Public domain","credit":null,"page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pius_X,_by_Ernest_Walter_Histed_(retouched).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Pius X","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_X","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q43739","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43739","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pius X, by Ernest Walter Histed (retouched).jpg (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pius_X,_by_Ernest_Walter_Histed_(retouched).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Pius X, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pius X, by Ernest Walter Histed (retouched).jpg, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Pius X\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-x. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-x","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-x","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-x?lang=ne"}}