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Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius X in Tiara

Pope Pius X in Tiara
Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius X Photo

Pope Pius X Photo
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius X

Pope Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, in his Pontifical robes at the Vatican. Date: 1835 - 1914

Background imagePius Collection: PIUS V, Saint (1504-1572). Pope (1566-1572)

PIUS V, Saint (1504-1572). Pope (1566-1572). Portrait by an anonymous author. Italian school. Painting

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius XII (Card)

Pope Pius XII (Card)
POPE PIUS XII (Eugenio Pacelli) in 1950

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius X (Van. Fair)

Pope Pius X (Van. Fair)
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI
POPE PIUS XI

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius XII Crowned

Pope Pius XII Crowned
Pius XII is crowned as the new pope

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius X Blessing

Pope Pius X Blessing
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint receiving pilgrims from Lombardy at the Vatican

Background imagePius Collection: Roman legionaries in armour building fortifications

Roman legionaries in armour building fortifications. One cuts wood with an axe, other bring lime in baskets, stones and timbers. From Trajans Column. Fortificazioni

Background imagePius Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Pupienus

Portrait of Roman Emperor Pupienus
Roman Emperor Pupienus, 170-238. Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus Augustus or Pupienus Maximus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius V

Pope Pius V
POPE PIUS V (Michele Ghislieri) pope and saint

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius VI

Pope Pius VI
POPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi)

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius VI (Dupin)

Pope Pius VI (Dupin)
POPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi) captured and deported to Valence by the French

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius X & Court

Pope Pius X & Court
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint with his court, 1913

Background imagePius Collection: Cartoon, A Good Offer (Garibaldi and the Pope)

Cartoon, A Good Offer (Garibaldi and the Pope)
Cartoon, A Good Offer -- Take to this cap, Papa Pius. You will find it more comfortable than your own. Giuseppe Garibaldi offers Pope Pius IX a cap of Liberty to replace his triple crown

Background imagePius Collection: The great martyrdom of Nagasaki

The great martyrdom of Nagasaki, September 10th 1622, in which 22 missionaries and native Christians were burnt to death, and 30 others, including several women and children, beheaded

Background imagePius Collection: Dead Pope Pius IX Lying in state

Dead Pope Pius IX Lying in state
Pope Pius IX dies on 7th February 1878. Whilst lying in state inside the chapel of the Holy Sacrament, St Peter's, mourners reach out to kiss the late Pope's feet. Date: 1878

Background imagePius Collection: VOTING FOR PIUS XII

VOTING FOR PIUS XII
After the death of Pius XI, the cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, where they will elect Eugenio Pacelli as Pius XII Date: February 1939

Background imagePius Collection: Pius Ix Dead Religion Christianity Catholicism

Pius Ix Dead Religion Christianity Catholicism
pius, ix, dead, religion, christianity, catholicism, pope, 1878, cardinal, camerlengo, solemnly, verifies, well, history, historical, 10037969

Background imagePius Collection: The Royal Visit to the Vatican - standing behind Princess Elizabeth

The Royal Visit to the Vatican - standing behind Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip are Major Martin Charteris, Private Secretary to the Princess (wearing white tie), Lady Palmer

Background imagePius Collection: A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius to heaven

A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius to heaven
A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina to heaven. Campus Martius holds an obelisk at left, and Roma in armour sits at right with shield depicting Romulus and Remus

Background imagePius Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Gordian II

Portrait of Roman Emperor Gordian II
Roman Emperor Gordian II, 192-238. Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy

Background imagePius Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius

Portrait of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius
Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, 86AD-161AD. Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma

Background imagePius Collection: Portrait of Lucius Aelius Caesar

Portrait of Lucius Aelius Caesar
Lucius Aelius Caesar, 101AD-138AD, father of Emperor Lucius Verus. Adopted son of Hadrian. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma

Background imagePius Collection: Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne

Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, Karolus Rom. Imp. Charles the Great, Charles I, King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, 742-814

Background imagePius Collection: Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo (Napoleon III)

Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo (Napoleon III)
Cartoon, Mumbo Jumbo. The Pope threatens Napoleon III, the French Emperor, with excommunication. An accompanying poem begins: Mumbo Jumbo was a Guy, Frightened people formerly

Background imagePius Collection: La Breccia, Porta Pia, Rome, Italy

La Breccia, Porta Pia, Rome, Italy
La Breccia, Porta Pia, a gate in the Aurelian Walls, Rome, Italy, with war memorials and wreaths, named after Pope Pius IV

Background imagePius Collection: Guards on duty at Vatican when Pope Pius XII elected

Guards on duty at Vatican when Pope Pius XII elected
Noble Guard on duty at the Vatican in Rome when Pope Pius XII was elected, 2 March 1939. 1939

Background imagePius Collection: LATERAN TREATY 1929

LATERAN TREATY 1929
Reading the Lateran Treaty outside the Lateran Palace in Rome. It was signed for King Victor Emmanuel III by Mussolini, making Pope Pius XI king of the Vatican State. Date: 1929

Background imagePius Collection: MUSSOLINI AND PIUS MEET

MUSSOLINI AND PIUS MEET
Pope Pio XI receives Mussolini at the Vatican, Rome Date: 11 February 1932

Background imagePius Collection: CONCORDAT WITH VATICAN

CONCORDAT WITH VATICAN
The Pope and Mussolini sign the Concordat (conciliation agreement) between the Italian State and the Vatican Date: 11 February 1929

Background imagePius Collection: POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint writing Date: reigned 1903 - 1914

POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint writing Date: reigned 1903 - 1914

Background imagePius Collection: POPE PIUS IV (Gianangelo de Medici) Date: reigned 1559 - 1565

POPE PIUS IV (Gianangelo de Medici) Date: reigned 1559 - 1565

Background imagePius Collection: Papal Tiara - Pope Pius X

Papal Tiara - Pope Pius X
Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority Date: 1903

Background imagePius Collection: PAPAL TIARA

PAPAL TIARA
Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority Date: 1903

Background imagePius Collection: Ara Casali. View of the back, with the legend of

Ara Casali. View of the back, with the legend of Romulus and Remus. Roman art. Relief on rock. VATICAN CITY. Pius-Clementine Museum (Vatican Museums)

Background imagePius Collection: Events / France

Events / France
Pope Pius VII travels to France to confer with Napoleon, who meets him at Fontainebleau in hunting costume and makes him walk in the mud Date: November 1804

Background imagePius Collection: The Consecration of the Emperor Napolen and the Coronation o

The Consecration of the Emperor Napolen and the Coronation of Empress Josephine on December 2, 1804, by French painter Jacques Louis David (1748-1825). Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Background imagePius Collection: Pius IX (1792-1878). Italian pope

Pius IX (1792-1878). Italian pope, named Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti. Elected in 1846. Convened the First Vatican Council (1869-70). Engraving

Background imagePius Collection: 50th Anniversary of the vision of Bernadette at Lourdes

50th Anniversary of the vision of Bernadette at Lourdes
Postcard commemorating the 50th Anniversary (in 1908) of the vision of the Virgin Mary, which appeared to Marie Bernarde Bernadette Soubirous (18441879) at Lourdes in 1858

Background imagePius Collection: PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il (1454-1513)

PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il (1454-1513). Piccolomini Library. 1502-1508. ITALY. Siena. Cathedral. Detail. Eneas Silvio goes to the Council of Basel. Renaissance art. Quattrocento

Background imagePius Collection: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Sienkiewicz
HENRYK ADAM ALEKSANDR PIUS SIENKIEWICZ Polish writer, known especially for Quo vadis (1895); he won the Nobel prize in 1905. Date: 1846 - 1916

Background imagePius Collection: PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il

PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il (1454-1513). Piccolomini Library. Eneas Piccolomini arriving to Ancona. 1502-1508. ITALY. Siena. Cathedral. Detail of the entourage of the Pope Pius II

Background imagePius Collection: The Antonine Wall

The Antonine Wall, a stone and turf fortification begun by the Romans under Antonius Pius (in 142), intended as a replacement for Hadrians Wall between Caledonia & Britannia Date: 1903

Background imagePius Collection: Vision of Pius XII

Vision of Pius XII
Pope Pius XII experiences a solar vision in the garden of the Vatican, Rome (Italy); it is repeated on the two succeeding days Date: 30 October 1950

Background imagePius Collection: Pius XII Coronation

Pius XII Coronation
The new Pope, Pius XII, is carried through St Peters, seated on the Sedia Gestatoria, wearing a jewelled mitre, and raising his hand in benediction

Background imagePius Collection: Pope Pius V (1504-1572)

Pope Pius V (1504-1572). Born Antonio Ghisilieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri). Pope from 1566-1572. Portrait. Engraving. Colored



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