POPE
Pope Venerable Pius XII
Pope Venerable Pius XII, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1939–1958.
background
Pope Pius XII led the Church through the Second World War, defined the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1950), and issued influential encyclicals on Scripture (Divino Afflante Spiritu) and the liturgy (Mediator Dei).
summary
Pope Venerable Pius XII, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1939–1958.
papacy Start
1939
papacy End
1958
birth Name
Eugenio Pacelli