pope pius xii
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Pope Pius XIIPope Pius XIIOpus iustitiae pax Opus iustitiae pax (Isa 34:17)(Isa 34:17)
DataData• Papacy began - 2 March 1939• Papacy ended - 9 October 1958
(19 years, 221 days)
• Predecessor - Pius XI• Successor - John XXIII
• Birth nameBirth name Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni PacelliGiovanni Pacelli
• BornBorn 2 March 1876(1876-03-02) 2 March 1876(1876-03-02) Rome, ItalyRome, Italy
• DiedDied 9 October 1958(1958-10-09) 9 October 1958(1958-10-09) (aged 82) Castel Gandolfo, Italy(aged 82) Castel Gandolfo, Italy
Chronology
• 1876 - March 2, Born in Rome Italy of Virginia Graziosi and Filippo Pacelli.
• 1880 - He entered kindergarten and elementary school
• 1886 – Holy Communion• 1891 – Studied at the Ennio Quirino Visconti
Lyceum
• 1894 – entered the Capranica Seminary and enrolled at Gregorian University
• 1895 – Received the baccalaureate and licentiate degress in Philosphy at Sapienza School and Theology at Athenaeum of St Apollinaris
• 1899 – April 2, Ordained to the priesthood. Assigned as curate to the Chiesa Nouva. Continued his studies for doctorate in canon and civil law at the Apollinaries.
• 1901 – Served as a research aide in the Office of the Congregation of External Church Affairs. Leo XIII sent him to London at Queen Victoria's death
• 1904 – Papal Chamberlain• 1911 – March 7, Assitant secretary of Office of
the Congregation of External Church Affairs and beacme its secreatry after 3 years.
• 1917 – March 29, appointed nuncio to Bavaria, Germany. Dec.16, became Cardinal
• 1930 – Secretary of State
• 1939 – March 2, Became the 262nd Pope took the name Pius XII. – March 12, called a peace conference of European
Leaders with Italy, France, England, Germany and Poland
– August 24, Last-minute Appeal to head off the out break of WWII
– September 1, WWII began invaded Poland by the Nazi. Pope spoke at the Vatican Radio.
• 1939 – Oct.20, issued his First Encyclical, Summi Pontificatus.
• 1939 to 1945 – Vatican Radio Broadcast appealing for Peace and condemning the Nazism, Totalitarianism, Fascism, Socialism, and Communism
• 1958 – October 9, Pius XII death.
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