Memorial of Pius X, pope
Giuseppe Melchore Sarto was born of humble parents on June 2, 1835, in Riese near Venice. Giuseppe entered the seminary in Padua, and was ordained at the age of 23. Due to his pastoral and administrative abilities, his bishop named him spiritual director of the diocesan major seminary and chancellor of the archdiocese, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopacy of Mantua in 1884. After nine years as bishop he was transferred to Venice as the city’s patriarch and cardinal. After the death of Leo XIII the conclave of 1903 elected Cardinal Sarto pope despite his own hesitancy to accept the office of Vicar of Christ. The new pope assumed the name Pius X taking as his motto the passage from Paul, "To restore all things in Christ, that Christ might be all and in all" (I Cor. 15:28), a goal which was particularly important during that period of the Church’s emergence into the modern world. During his eleven-year pontificate, Pius confronted many crucial issues facing the Church. His profound devotion to the Blessed Sacrament prompted a universal appeal to all Catholics to a frequent and fervent reception of Holy Communion. He also exhorted catechists to prepare the young for an early, knowledgeable reception of the Eucharist. It was also his love for the liturgy which caused him to be remembered as the pope who began modern liturgical reform. He founded the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music dedicated to keeping alive the valuable treasures of Catholic liturgical music. Pius was also instrumental in urging sound Biblical scholarship, which led him to found the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome which, to this day, is an important source of scholarship. Pius X was to witness the terrible beginnings of World War I. His sorrow over the international conflict added to his ill health and led to his death on August 20, 1914, at the age of 79. He was canonized St. Pius X on May 31, 1954. He was the first pope in modern times to be canonized. His will read: "I was born poor; I lived poor; I wish to die poor."
Giuseppe Melchore Sarto was born of humble parents on June 2, 1835, in Riese near Venice. Giuseppe entered the seminary in Padua, and was ordained at the age of 23. Due to his pastoral and administrative abilities, his bishop named him spiritual director of the diocesan major seminary and chancellor of the archdiocese, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopacy of Mantua in 1884. After nine years as bishop he was transferred to Venice as the city’s patriarch and cardinal. After the death of Leo XIII the conclave of 1903 elected Cardinal Sarto pope despite his own hesitancy to accept the office of Vicar of Christ. The new pope assumed the name Pius X taking as his motto the passage from Paul, "To restore all things in Christ, that Christ might be all and in all" (I Cor. 15:28), a goal which was particularly important during that period of the Church’s emergence into the modern world. During his eleven-year pontificate, Pius confronted many crucial issues facing the Church. His profound devotion to the Blessed Sacrament prompted a universal appeal to all Catholics to a frequent and fervent reception of Holy Communion. He also exhorted catechists to prepare the young for an early, knowledgeable reception of the Eucharist. It was also his love for the liturgy which caused him to be remembered as the pope who began modern liturgical reform. He founded the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music dedicated to keeping alive the valuable treasures of Catholic liturgical music. Pius was also instrumental in urging sound Biblical scholarship, which led him to found the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome which, to this day, is an important source of scholarship. Pius X was to witness the terrible beginnings of World War I. His sorrow over the international conflict added to his ill health and led to his death on August 20, 1914, at the age of 79. He was canonized St. Pius X on May 31, 1954. He was the first pope in modern times to be canonized. His will read: "I was born poor; I lived poor; I wish to die poor."
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