Pope Pius XII was born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli in Rome, Italy in 1876. He was ordained as a priest in 1899 and served in various roles within the Catholic Church, becoming the Cardinal Secretary of State in 1930. In 1939, he was elected as Pope and took the name Pius XII. As Pope, he appealed for peace during World War II and spoke out against ideologies like Nazism and totalitarianism through broadcasts on Vatican Radio. Pius XII served as Pope until his death in 1958 after 19 years as the head of the Catholic Church.

1. Pope Pius XII Opus iustitiae pax (Isa 34:17)

2. Data Papacy began - 2 March 1939 Papacy ended - 9 October 1958 (19 years, 221 days) Predecessor - Pius XI Successor - John XXIII

3. Birth name Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli Born 2 March 1876(1876-03-02) Rome, Italy Died 9 October 1958(1958-10-09) (aged 82) Castel Gandolfo, Italy

4. Chronology 1876 - March 2, Born in Rome Italy of Virginia Graziosi and Filippo Pacelli. 1880 - He entered kindergarten and elementary school 1886 – Holy Communion 1891 – Studied at the Ennio Quirino Visconti Lyceum

5. 1894 – entered the Capranica Seminary and enrolled at Gregorian University 1895 – Received the baccalaureate and licentiate degress in Philosphy at Sapienza School and Theology at Athenaeum of St Apollinaris

6. 1899 – April 2, Ordained to the priesthood. Assigned as curate to the Chiesa Nouva. Continued his studies for doctorate in canon and civil law at the Apollinaries. 1901 – Served as a research aide in the Office of the Congregation of External Church Affairs. Leo XIII sent him to London at Queen Victoria's death

7. 1904 – Papal Chamberlain 1911 – March 7, Assitant secretary of Office of the Congregation of External Church Affairs and beacme its secreatry after 3 years. 1917 – March 29, appointed nuncio to Bavaria, Germany. Dec.16, became Cardinal 1930 – Secretary of State

8. 1939 – March 2, Became the 262 nd Pope took the name Pius XII. March 12, called a peace conference of European Leaders with Italy, France, England, Germany and Poland August 24, Last-minute Appeal to head off the out break of WWII September 1, WWII began invaded Poland by the Nazi. Pope spoke at the Vatican Radio.

9. 1939 – Oct.20, issued his First Encyclical, Summi Pontificatus. 1939 to 1945 – Vatican Radio Broadcast appealing for Peace and condemning the Nazism, Totalitarianism, Fascism, Socialism, and Communism 1958 – October 9, Pius XII death .

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