Pope Pius XI facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pope Pius XI |
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Papacy began | 6 February 1922 |
Papacy ended | 10 February 1939 |
Predecessor | Pope Benedict XV |
Successor | Pope Pius XII |
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Birth name | Achille Ratti |
Born | 31 May 1857 Desio, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire |
Died | 10 February 1939 Apostolic Palace, Vatican City |
Motto | Raptim Transit (It goes by swiftly) Pax Christi in Regno Christi (The Peace of Christ in the Realm of Christ) |
Other Popes named Pius |
Pope Pius XI (Latin: Pius PP. XI; Italian: Pio XI, 31 May 1857–10 February 1939), born Achille Ratti, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 260th Pope from 1922 to 1939.
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Priest
Ratti was ordained as a priest in 1875.
Father Ratti was a professor at the Padua Seminary from 1882 to 1888. He worked at Ambrosian Library of Milan from 1888 to 1911; and at the Vatican Library from 1911-1914.
Bishop
In 1919, Pope Benedict XV made Ratti a Bishop of Lepanto.
In 1921, Benedict named him Archbishop of Milan.
Cardinal
In 1921, Ratti was made a cardinal.
Pope
Cardinal Ratti was elected pope on February 6, 1922; and he chose the name Pope Pius XI.
Some of his decisions were controversial. He signed the Lateran Concordat with Italy in 1929; and he signed the Reichskoncordat with Germany in 1933.
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Pius XI makes his first public appearance as pope in 1922. The coat of arms on the banner is that of Pope Pius IX.
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Boundary map of Vatican City, taken from the annex of the Lateran Treaty
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Signing of the Reichskonkordat on 20 July 1933. From left to right: German prelate Ludwig Kaas, German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, representing Germany, Monsignor Giuseppe Pizzardo, Cardinal Pacelli, Monsignor Alfredo Ottaviani, German ambassador Rudolf Buttmann.
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Time cover, 16 June 1924