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Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
browse: Latin Catholic priests, Catholic bishops
dead
- born
- 1876
- died
- 1958
- age at death
- 82
- known for
- Latin Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1876 – 1958
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who pius xii is
Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958. His pontificate spanned World War II, the Holocaust, and the first years of the Cold War. He is the most recent Pope to take the name Pius.
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wikidata records a date of death for Pius XII in 1958, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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