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Pius XII

pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

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Pius XII was the head of the Catholic Church during World War II and the early Cold War, serving as pope from 1939 to 1958. His papacy matters because his actions and inactions during the Holocaust remain historically significant and widely debated.

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Born: 2 March 1876
Died: 9 October 1958
Works: 377

Top works

Discorso di sua santità Pio XII alla Pontificia Accademia delle scienze 22 novembre 1951
Discorsi e panegirici, 1931-1938
Discorsi e panegirici
Ent͡syklika Svi͡atishoho Ott͡si͡a Papy Pii͡a XII pro Pochytanni͡a Presvi͡atoho Sert͡si͡a Khrystovoho ; Pouchenni͡a Sluhy Boz͡hoho Mytropolyta Andrei͡a pro Pochytanni͡a Khrystovoï Li͡ubovy ; Slovo Vysokopreosvi͡ashchennishoho Arkhii͡episkopa Kyr Ivana pro svi͡atkuvanni͡a Storichchi͡a Praznyka Presvi͡atoho Sert͡si͡a Isusovoho
Pius XII and Poland

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Film & TV

Acting · Rome, Italy

Known for

The Pope and the Führer - The Secret Vatican Files of World War II2025
Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust — Self (archive footage)2024
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita — Self (archive footage)2021
Hesburgh — Self (archive footage)2019
The Mystery of Padre Pio — Himself (archive footage)2018

Article

Orders Ordination2 April 1899 by Francesco di Paola Cassetta Consecration13 May 1917 by Benedict XV Created cardinal16 December 1929 by Pius XI RankCardinal priest Personal details BornEugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (1876-03-02)2 March 1876 Rome, Italy

Died9 October 1958(1958-10-09) (aged 82) Castel Gandolfo, Italy