Pope Pius X

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Pope Pius X was the head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, known for his liturgical reforms, promotion of frequent communion, and strong opposition to modernist theology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pope
human
associatedWith Roman Curia
beatifiedBy Pope Pius XII
birthName Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica
canonizationStatus saint
canonizedBy Pope Pius XII
causeOfDeath natural causes
citizenship Italy
countryOfBirth Austrian Empire
createdCardinalBy Pope Leo XIII
dateOfBeatification 1951-06-03
dateOfBirth 1835-06-02
dateOfCanonization 1954-05-29
dateOfCardinalCreation 1893-06-12
dateOfDeath 1914-08-20
endTime 1914-08-20
familyName Sarto
feastDay August 21
givenName Giuseppe
honorificPrefix His Holiness
Saint
introducedPractice earlier age for First Communion
frequent communion for the faithful
issuedDocument Lamentabili sane exitu
Pascendi dominici gregis
Quam singulari
Sacra Tridentina Synodus
Tra le sollecitudini
knownFor codification work that led toward the 1917 Code of Canon Law
encouraging early First Communion for children
liturgical reforms
promotion of frequent communion
reform of church music
reform of the Roman Breviary
strong opposition to modernist theology
memberOf College of Cardinals
motto Instaurare omnia in Christo
nativeLanguage Italian
occupation Catholic priest
theologian
opposed modernist theology
separation of church and state in certain contexts
ordinalInOffice 257th Pope
papalName Pius X
placeOfBirth Riese, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
placeOfDeath Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
positionHeld Bishop of Mantua
Patriarch of Venice
Pope
predecessor Pope Leo XIII
promoted Gregorian chant
reformed Roman Breviary
Roman liturgy
sacred music in the Catholic Church
reignEnd 1914
reignStart 1903
religion Catholic Church
residence Vatican City
startTime 1903-08-04
successor Pope Benedict XV
theologicalStance anti-modernist
title Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church
veneratedIn Catholic Church


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