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Tag: Who was Pope Pius IX?
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Pius IX
Blessed Pius (1792 – 1878) was born into a noble family in Senigallia, Italy. He was the last appointed Pope and Sovereign Ruler of the then Papal States; Papal State sovereignty ended in 1870. Blessed Pius was described as a “Restless and radical reformer and innovator of Church life and its structures”. He convened the…