History Hop Tags - Pius

138-02-25

The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.

161-03-07

Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire.

1458-08-19

Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen Pope Pius II

1459-06-01

Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua

1464-08-30

Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)

1565-11-13

Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei

1566-01-07

Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V

1569-08-27

Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici as grand duke of Tuscany

1570-02-25

Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth I, absolves her subjects from allegiance

1571-05-20

Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League

1775-02-15

Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI

1775-12-25

Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate

1789-11-06

Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.

1798-02-10

Louis Alexandre Berthier invaded Rome, on February 15 proclaimed a Roman Republic and then on February 20 take Pope Pius VI as a prisoner.

1798-02-20

Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.

1800-03-14

Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII

1800-05-15

Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles

1801-07-16

Pope Pius VII & 1st consul Napoleon sign concord

1808-04-08

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore was promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.

1814-08-07

Pope Pius VII reinstates the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

1829-05-24

Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate

1847-03-25

Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland"

1849-02-09

Roman Republic declared in Rome replacing following flight of Pope Pius IX

1849-07-03

The French entered Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.

1853-03-04

Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands

1854-02-02

Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"

1854-12-08

Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin

1857-09-16

Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)

1860-01-29

American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX

1863-09-17

Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada

1864-12-08

Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")

1865-07-30

Pope Pius IX visits Suriname

1867-06-29

Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs

1870-09-20

Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel

1873-01-06

Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"

1874-05-13

Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"

1874-12-24

Pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875

1903-07-20

Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X, known as the 'pope of the poor and humble'

1903-08-04

Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X

1904-01-08

Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen

1905-02-11

Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos

1906-04-05

St Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland"

1906-08-10

Pope Pius X bans Associations cults

1907-09-08

Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism)

1912-06-07

St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America"

1912-09-19

Pius X encyclical Singular quadam, against interconfess unions

1922-02-06

Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI

1922-11-16

Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite

1922-12-23

Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano

1923-06-24

Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied

1924-06-18

Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque

1925-12-11

Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas

1926-03-12

Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium

1926-11-18

Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico

1926-12-20

Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy

1928-01-06

Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)

1929-12-31

Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri

1931-05-15

Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno

1931-06-29

Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)

1931-10-02

Pope Pius XI encyclical On economic crisis

1933-06-03

Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain"

1933-07-20

Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler

1935-12-20

Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii

1936-06-16

Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert (Dutch Nazi collaborator)

1936-06-29

Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures"

1937-03-14

Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge

1937-03-19

Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism

1939-03-02

Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII

1939-03-12

Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies

1939-04-01

US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war. Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain

1939-10-20

Pope Pius XII publishes his 1st encyclical Summi pontificatus

1939-11-01

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sertum laetitiae

1939-12-24

World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

1941-01-25

Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.

1943-06-29

Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)

1943-07-12

Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker

1943-09-30

Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit

1944-04-09

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae

1945-04-15

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum

1945-12-23

Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church

1946-01-06

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum

1947-03-21

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur

1947-11-20

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei

1947-12-18

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax

1948-05-01

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam

1948-10-24

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical In Multiplicibus Curis

1949-04-15

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri

1949-07-13

Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics

1950-03-12

Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"

1950-07-19

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris

1950-08-12

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis

1950-10-30

Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.

1950-11-01

Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.

1950-11-01

Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

1950-12-06

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud

1951-06-02

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones

1951-09-08

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex

1951-09-15

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ingruentium Malorum

1952-12-15

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientales Ecclesias

1953-05-24

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus

1953-09-08

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgeno corona

1954-03-25

Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity)

1954-05-29

Pope Pius X issues holy declaration

1954-06-05

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos

1954-09-03

Pope Pius X canonized a saint

1954-10-07

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem

1954-10-11

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam

1955-06-16

Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine Pres Juan Peron

1955-12-25

Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music & popular music

1956-05-25

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas

1956-10-28

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus

1956-11-01

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Laetamur admodum

1956-11-05

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime

1957-04-21

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum

1957-05-16

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae

1957-07-02

Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Le pelerinage De Lourdes

1957-09-08

Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV

1958-07-14

Pope Pius XII publishes his 39th & last encyclical Meminisse juvat

1958-10-13

Burial of Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the "Miracle of the Sun".

86-09-19

Antoninus Pius, Lanuvium, 15th Roman emperor (138-161)

1405-10-18

Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)

1499-03-31

Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)

1504-01-17

Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)

1717-12-25

Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope (1775-99)

1717-12-27

Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)

1740-08-14

Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23)

1761-11-20

Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope (1829-30)

1792-05-13

Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78)

1806-04-02

Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX

1835-06-02

Pius X, [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)

1835-06-02

Pope Pius X, His Holiness, the Late Pope Pius X, and the Vatican

1857-05-31

Pius XI, [Ambrogio DA Ratti], Italy, 259th Pope (1922-39)

1857-05-31

Pope Pius XI, Cavalcade of Faith

1876-03-02

Pius XII, [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope (1939-58)

1876-03-02

Pope Pius XII, The Immortal City

1917-05-13

Wilhelmus C Wijen, [Broeder Pius], social worker (Curacao)

1938-01-08

Pius Pujades, Un laberinto

1946-12-31

Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean human rights advocate

1957-03-04

Pius Njawe, Chief!

155-07-11

Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies

161-03-07

Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74

1464-08-15

Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58

1503-10-18

Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies

1565-12-09

Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66

1572-05-01

Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies

1799-08-29

Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71

1823-08-20

Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83

1830-11-30

Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Ital Pope (1829-30), dies at 69

1876-11-06

Giacomo Antonelli, secretary of state of Pius IX, dies at 70

1878-02-07

Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85

1913-12-07

Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman and last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828)

1914-08-20

Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies

1914-08-20

Pope Pius X, His Holiness, the Late Pope Pius X, and the Vatican

1939-02-10

Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81

1939-02-10

Pope Pius XI, Cavalcade of Faith

1958-10-09

Pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82

1958-10-09

Pope Pius XII, The Immortal City

2010-07-12

Pius Njawe, Chief!