Pope Pius XII

✶March 2, 1876

†October 9, 1958

2 candles burning, 13 lit in all

About their life

Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. Pius reigned as pope during a highly consequential 19 years that included the Second World War, the Holocaust and the beginning of the Cold War.

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

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