Age of six in 1882 |
Ordination
2 April 1899. |
A rare 1899 handwriting of Eugenio Pacelli with text in Latin |
Pacelli at the Headquarters of Wilhelm II |
Pacelli in Bavaria, 1922 |
900th anniversary
of the City of Bamberg
July 1924
Signature of Pius XII never changed |
Pius XI with Cardinal Pacelli at the inauguration of Vatican Radio on
12 February 1931
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Pius XI with Cardinal Pacelli Pacelli (seated, center) at the signing of the Reichskonkordat on 20 July 1933 in Rome with (from left to right): German prelate Ludwig Kaas, German Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, Secretary of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Giuseppe Pizzardo, Alfredo Ottaviani, and Reich minister Rudolf Buttmann |
Secretary of State Pacelli in Brazil in 1934.
Members of the Canadian Royal 22 Regiment, in audience with Pope Pius XII, following the 1944 Liberation of Rome |
Pacelli with Argentinian president Agustín P. Justo.
Mother Pascalina Lehnert,
Pius XII's housekeeper and
confidant for 41 years, until his death
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In 1939 Pius XII placed his pontificate under the maternal care of Our Lady of Good Counsel and composed a prayer to her. This 19th-century painting by Pasquale Sarullo
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Pius XII seated in the Sedia Gestatoria in 1939. |
On 1 November 1950, Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption (Titian's Assunta (1516–18) pictured) |
Coronation of the Salus
Populi Romani by Pius XII in 1954 |
The Pope of Mary:
A Madonna and Child,
added by John Paul II in 1982,
hangs over the tomb of Pius XII
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Fátima Statue of Pius XII,
who consecrated Russia and the World:
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