Pope Pius XII

The Venerable Pope Pius XII, born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 in Rome, Italy - October 9, 1958 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy), served as the Pope from March 2, 1939 to 1958. Pacelli, who was of noble birth, was a grandson of Marcantonio Pacelli, founder of the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, a nephew of Ernesto Pacelli, a key financial advisor to Pope Leo XII, and a son of Filippo Pacelli, dean of the Vatican lawyers. His brother, Francesco Pacelli, …showed first 75 words of 1217 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1217 total…Anni Sacri, 12 March 1950; Humani Generis, 12 August 1950; Munificentissimus Deus, 1 November 1950 (on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven and the encyclical is considered infallible); Ingruentium, 15 September 1951; Fulgens Corona, 8 September 1953; Ad Caeli Reginam, 11 October 1954; Datis Nuperrime, 5 November 1956; Miranda Prorsus, 8 September 1957 Pope Pius XII's coat-of-arms showed the symbol of peace: a dove with an olive branch Pope Pius XII's motto, like his coat of arms, indicated peace to be a fruit of justice: Opus justitiae pax.