Author: Pope Pius XII
Alternate names: Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; Pope Pius XII; Catholic Church. Pope, 1939-1958 (Pius XII)  Orientales omnes Ecclesias (23 Dec. 1945); Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958 : Pius XII).; Pius XII Pope.; Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958 : Pius XII).*; Rome, Church of.  Pope, 1939-1958 (Pius XII); Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958 : Pius XII); Pope Pius Xii; Catholic Church. Pope, 1939-1958 (Pius XII); Catholic Church. Pope, 1939- (Pius XII); Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958: Pius XII); Pius XII Pope; Pope Pius 12; Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958 : Pius XIII); pape Pie XII; Église catholique. Pape (1939-1958 : Pie XII); Église catholique. Pape (1939-1958 : Pie XII).; Église catholique. Pape (1922-1939 : Pie XII); XII Pie; Pie XII; Catholic Church. Pope, 1939-1958 (Pius XII) Musicae sacrae disciplina (25 Dec. 1955); Catholic Church. Pope, 1939-1958 (Pius XII) Musicae sacrae disciplina (1955); Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958; Pius XII); Pius XII; Popes (Pius XII); Catholic Church. Pius XII; Papież Pius XII
Title: Pope
Born: 2 March 1876
Died: 9 October 1958
Bio: The Venerable Pope Pius XII, born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, reigned as the 260th Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958.

Before election to the papacy, Pacelli served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, papal nuncio and Cardinal Secretary of State, in which capacity he worked to conclude treaties with European and Latin American nations, most notably the Reichskonkordat with Germany. His leadership of the Catholic Church during World War II remains the subject of continued historical controversy.

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  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII