Pius X

noun

1. Saint Giuseppe Sarto, 1835–1914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1903–14.

Pius X

noun

1. Pius X, Saint18351914MItalianRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: popeRELIGION: saint Saint. original name Giuseppe Sarto. 1835–1914, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1903–14). He condemned Modernism (1907) and initiated a new codification of canon law. Feast day: Aug 21

Example Sentences

Pope Pius X. came to his inheritance in a time of fearful storm and stress.

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Pius X. shines as an exemplar of indomitable Christian Faith, confronting the infidelity of a modern world.

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It is well known that the advisers of Pius X have committed the Papacy to a wholesale condemnation of the new movement.

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Perhaps it is not too much to say that something not unlike this might easily become—if it is not already—the dream of Pius X.

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Pius X. had died of a broken heart, and the heart of the Cardinal was sore and troubled at the horrors thrust upon the world.

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