Papa Sanctus Pius X
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Rome, Vatican City, Italy |
| Introduction | I was born in Riese, Italy on June 2, 1835. I was born into abject poverty but because of my holiness and intellectual aptitude, I was given a scholarship to attend the seminary at Padua. I was ordained a priest in 1858 and became chaplain at Tombolo. My parishioners loved me and I was wildly successful. In 1867, I became arch-priest of Salzano. Again I was very successful and was eventually made bishop in 1879. I served successfully in a few assignments, was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Leo XIII, and was elected pope upon Leo's death in 1903. My reign was glorious. I lowered the age for the reception of communion, restored beauty to the liturgy, re-instated Gregorian Chant, upheld the role of the Church in state, and was a scourge of modernism in all of its forms. I was the first pope to be canonized since Pope St. Pius V and no other pope has been canonized since. |
| Interests | Holiness, Devotion to Our Lady and the Most Blessed Sacrament, Gregorian Chant, Canon Law, preaching incredible sermons, poverty, St. Thomas, the Bible, liturgy, destroying all vestiges of modernism |
| Favorite Music | Gregorian Chant, classical polyphony |
| Favorite Books | Church Fathers, Summa Theologiae, Bible |