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Pope Pius XI
Papacy began 6 February 1922
Papacy ended 10 February 1939
Predecessor Pope Benedict XV
Successor Pope Pius XII
Personal details
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.

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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  • The Papal Parentage

    The parents of Pius XI

  • Achille Ratti Alps

    Ratti (centre) circa 1900 in the Alps on a tour.

  • Papst Pius XI. als Priester JS (cropped)

    The young Ratti as a newly ordained priest

  • Pius XI leaning

    Achille Ratti, shortly after his consecration as bishop

  • Primera bendicion pio XI

    Pius XI makes his first public appearance as pope in 1922. The coat of arms on the banner is that of Pope Pius IX.

  • Papst Pius XI. 1JS

    Pius XI in 1930

  • Pius XI after Coronation

    Pope Pius XI (1922–1939). Warsaw forced his departure as Nuncio. Two years later, he was pope. He signed concordats with numerous countries, including Lithuania and Poland.

  • Pope Pius XI by Philip Alexius de László

    Pope Pius XI by Philip Alexius de László

  • Vatican City annex

    Boundary map of Vatican City, taken from the annex of the Lateran Treaty

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R24391, Konkordatsunterzeichnung in Rom

    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.

  • Musei Vaticani Papa Pio XI Adolfo Wildt

    Pope Pius XI in a portrait by Adolfo Wildt exposed in the Vatican Museums in Rome

  • TIMEMagazine16Jun1924

    Time cover, 16 June 1924

  • Pius xi 1

    Pope Pius XI at his workdesk

  • PacelliBavaria1922a

    E. Pacelli—1922—Nuncio to Germany

  • Desio basilica san siro e materno Monumento a papa Pio XI DSC 0223

    Statue in Desio

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