RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pius XII

1876 - 1958

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Pope Pius XII (Italian: Pio XII; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnjo maˈriːa dʒuˈzɛppe dʒoˈvanni paˈtʃɛlli]; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his election to the papacy, he served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, papal nuncio to Germany, and Cardinal Secretary of State, in which capacity he worked to conclude treaties with various European and Latin American nations, including the Reichskonkordat treaty with the German Reich. While the Vatican was officially neutral during World War II, the Reichskonkordat and his leadership of the Catholic Church during the war remain the subject of controversy—including allegations of public silence and inaction concerning the fate of the Jews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Pius XII has received more than 4,752,092 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Pope Pius XII is the 61st most popular religious figure (down from 51st in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Italy (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius XII was most famous for his efforts to help the Jews during World War II.

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  • 82.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 97

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius XII ranks 61 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Gregory I, Ignatius of Loyola, James, son of Zebedee, Saint Lucy, Luke the Evangelist, and Joseph Smith. After him are Judas Iscariot, Saint Valentine, Anthony of Padua, Jerome, Hildegard of Bingen, and Bartholomew the Apostle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Pope Pius XII ranks 1. After him are Jack London, Konrad Adenauer, Mata Hari, Erich Raeder, Zewditu, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Wilhelm Pieck, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, and Alexander I of Serbia. Among people deceased in 1958, Pope Pius XII ranks 1. After him are Wolfgang Pauli, Imre Nagy, Rosalind Franklin, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, John B. Watson, Ernest Lawrence, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Kurt Alder, Faisal II of Iraq, and Milutin Milanković.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius XII ranks 60 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Gregory I (540), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Lucretius (-94), Enrico Fermi (1901), Saint Lucy (283), and Umberto Eco (1932). After him are Saint Valentine (226), Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Ötzi (-3345), Vespasian (9), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), and Federico Fellini (1920).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius XII ranks 9. Before him are Pope Pius IX (1792), Pope John XXIII (1881), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Pope Clement VII (1478), Pope Gregory I (540), and Saint Lucy (283). After him are Saint Valentine (226), Pope Innocent VII (1339), Pope Julius II (1443), Pope Pius V (1504), Pope Pius XI (1857), and Benedict of Nursia (480).

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