See also:

• PIUS

PIUS X  . (GIUSEPPE SARTO), elected See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope in 1903, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 2nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1835, of humble parents, at the little See also:

• TOWN

town of Riete in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Treviso, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . He studied See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology at the episcopal seminaries of Treviso and See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, and was ordained See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest in 1858 . For seventeen years he acted as See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish priest at various small places in See also:

• VENETIA

Venetia, until in 1875 he was appointed See also:

• CANON

canon of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior of the See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary at Treviso . In 188o he refused the bishopric of Treviso, but in 1884, on the See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express command of See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo XIII., he accepted that of See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua . On the 12th of June 1893 he was created a See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal, and three days later was nominated See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice . In Venice he made himself very popular owing to his piety, his simplicity and geniality, and by his readiness to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act in See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony with the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . He succeeded Leo XIII. in his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to the papal See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair on the 4th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1903 .