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    Pope Pius XII

    Venerable Pope


    Pius XII

    Papacy beganMarch 2, 1939
    Papacy endedOctober 9, 1958
    PredecessorPius XI
    SuccessorJohn XIII
    Birth nameEugenio Maria Guiseppe Giovanni Pacelli
    Born(1876-03-02)March 2, 1876
    Rome, Italy
    DiedOctober 9, 1958(1958-10-09) (aged 82)
    Castel Gandolfo, Italy
    MottoOpus Justitiae Pax (The work of justice shall be peace)
    Other popes named Pius

    Pope Pius XII (Latin: Pius PP.

    XII; Italian: Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 261stPope from 1939 to 1958.[1]

    Early life

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    Pacelli was born on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy.

    He studied at the Capranica Seminary and the Pontifical Gregorian University. In 1895, he earned a degree in Theology.[2]

    Priest

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    Pacelli was ordained as a priest on 2 April 1899.

    In 1904, he