Pius Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pope Pius XI
POPE PIUS XI

Tango craze: the Pope assesses the tango, 1913
Pope Pius X carefully watches as a couple perform the tango for him, so he can judge if the dance morally acceptable. The dance was deemed respectable for drawing room use

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

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

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

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

Pope Pius VI
POPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vanity fair caricature of Pope Pius IX
Vintage engraving of Pope Pius IX. The Infallible. From Vanity Fair1869. Chromolithograph. Head of the Catholic Church from 16 June 1846 to his death on 7 February 1878

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

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

Antoninus Pius, (AD86-161), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Antoninus Pius, (AD86-161), 1830. Antoninus Pius (AD86-161) Roman emperor from 138 to 161. One of five emperors in the Nerva-Antonine dynasty

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)

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

Page titled Pius Papa Quintus Le vite de piv eccellenti
Page titled Pius Papa Quintus, Le vite de piv eccellenti pittori, scvltori, et architettori, Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, Letterpress, 1568, Woodcut initial

Antoninus Pius, Aka Antoninus, 86 Ad

Pope Pius Vii, 1742 A

Pope Pius Ix, Born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, 1792 A

Satirical Cartoon Lampooning The Brief Of Pope Pius Vi In 1791 During The French Revolution. From A Contemporary Print

Pope Pius X, 1835 A

Iron Shield Presented To Don John Of Austria By Pope Pius V For His Services To Christendom After The Victory At Lepanto, 1571

Antoninus Pius, 86

Pope Saint Pius X, 1835 - 1914, Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto. 257Th Pope Of The Catholic Church, Serving From 1903 To 1914. From La Esfera, 1914

Pope Pius Vi, 1717-1799. (Giovanni Angelico Braschi). From Histoire De La Revolution Francaise By Louis Blanc
Pope Pius Vi, 1717-1799. (Giovanni Angelico Braschi).From Histoire De La Revolution Francaise By Louis Blanc

Titus Aurelius Fulvius Boionius Arrius Antoninus Pius 86Ad - 161Ad Roman Emperor From The Book Crabbs Historical Dictionary Published 1825

Pope St Pius X, Photograph Magic Lantern Slide Circa 1900

Monument To Pius Viii, Saint Peters Basilica; Rome, Italy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roma - Piazza di Pietra, 1910. Amidst the remains of the Temple of Harian, deified is the modern Stock Exchange. Temple of Hadrian is a temple to the deified Hadrian on the Campus Martius in Rome

The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome, 141 AD. Dedicated to the Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina, both of whom were deified after their deaths

The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome. The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is an ancient Roman temple in Rome, adapted into the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda

Gold Coin of Roman Emperor, Antonius Pius, 138-161. Antoninus Pius, also known as Antoninus, was Roman emperor from 138 to 161

Roman Lead Water-Pipe with inscription, c2nd century. Emperor Antominus and Commodia. Rome, Terme Museum

Ivory lead of a diptych showing the apotheosis of an emperor, 2nd century
Ivory lead of a diptych showing the apotheosis of an emperor, possibly Antoninus Pius (19 September 86 - 7 March 161), from the British Museums collection, 2nd century

Remains of the baths of Antoninus Pius in Carthage, 2nd century
Remains of the baths of Antoninus Pius (19 September 86 - 7 March 161) in Carthage, 2nd century

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman forum. It has been converted to a Christian church

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, 2nd century
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman forum. It has been converted to a Christian church, 2nd century

Statue of Antoninus Pius, third quarter of 2nd century. Antoninus Pius (86-161) was Roman Emperor from 138-161. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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"Pius: A Legacy of Papal Leadership and Devotion" In the realm of papal history, the name "Pius" resonates with a profound sense of leadership, devotion, and unwavering faith. From Pope Pius X in his majestic Tiara to Pope Pius XII donning his cardinal attire, these pontiffs have left an indelible mark on the Catholic Church. One cannot overlook the significance of Pope Pius V, whose reign from 1566 to 1572 was marked by steadfastness and commitment. His portrait depicts a man who exuded strength and determination as he guided the faithful through turbulent times. The image of Roman legionaries constructing fortifications serves as a reminder that even in ancient times, there were individuals like Emperor Pupienus who embodied qualities akin to those displayed by the revered Popes named Pius. Their resilience and dedication mirrored that which we see in these spiritual leaders. Pope Pius XI stands out among his predecessors with an air of grace and wisdom emanating from him. His presence is captured beautifully in photographs where he blesses crowds or engages in solemn ceremonies—a testament to his deep connection with God's people. Meanwhile, Pope Pius X graces us with multiple glimpses into his life—whether it be at Van. Fair or bestowing blessings upon believers. These snapshots offer insight into a humble yet influential figure who sought to bring about positive change within the Church during challenging times. As we reflect on these various representations of piety throughout history, one thing becomes clear: The name "Pius" carries immense weight within Catholicism. It symbolizes not only strong leadership but also unwavering devotion to God's teachings—a legacy passed down through generations for all believers to cherish.