This week, for the first time in almost three centuries, a Pope was beatified.* Giuseppe Sarto, Pope Pius X, was that rarest of combinations—a holy man and a great statesman. The son of a Lombard ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Vatican City issued a set of four ...

Giuseppe Sarto was a poor boy. His father earned 50¢ a day as municipal messenger and janitor for the Italian town of Riese, near Venice, and his mother made clothes for the local farmers and laborers ...

Born Joseph Sarto, a poor man’s son, Pope Pius X reigned as pontiff for eleven years, died in 1914. He was the hero of countless warmly human stories. One told how he got to Rome to be elected Pope.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On April 11, 1960, three stamps were ...

The Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Pius X on Aug. 21 — an influential Pope at the turn of the 20th century whose warnings about the heresy of “modernism” help shine light on the ...