Pope Pius XI

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Pope Pius XI was the head of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939, known for his encyclicals addressing totalitarian ideologies, his concordats with various states, and his efforts to promote science and Catholic social teaching.


Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pope
human
authorOf Casti connubii
Divini Redemptoris
Iniquis afflictisque
Mit brennender Sorge
Mortalium animos
Non abbiamo bisogno
Quadragesimo Anno
Quas primas
Rerum omnium perturbationem
Ubi arcano Dei consilio
Guardians of the Tradition
surface form: Vigilanti cura
birthDate 1857-05-31
birthName Achille Ratti
birthPlace Desio, Lombardy, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica
cardinalateStart 1921-06-13
createdCardinalBy Pope Benedict XV
deathDate 1939-02-10
deathPlace Apostolic Palace
surface form: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
electedPopeOn 1922-02-06
endTime 1939-02-10
familyName Ratti
givenName Achilles
surface form: Achille
issuedEncyclicalOn Christian marriage
Communism
Fascist Italy
surface form: Italian Fascism

Nazism
ecumenism
social justice
knownFor condemning totalitarian ideologies
issuing major social encyclicals
promoting Catholic social teaching
signing concordats with various states
supporting scientific research
memberOf College of Cardinals
nationality Italian
occupation clergyman
librarian
theologian
papalCoronationDate 1922-02-12
papalNameNumber XI
positionHeld Bishop of Rome
Head of the Catholic Church
Patriarch of the West
Primate of Italy
Sovereign of the Vatican City State
surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City

Pope
surface form: Supreme Pontiff
predecessor Pope Benedict XV
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
signedConcordatWith Austria
Bavaria
Colombia
Czechoslovakia
Nazi Germany
surface form: German Reich

Kingdom of Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Yugoslavia
startTime 1922-02-06
successor Pope Pius XII

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