Popes
- Main article Pope Pius
- Pope Pius I, saint, Pope 140/142 to 155
- Pope Pius II, Pope 1458 to 1474
- Pope Pius III, Pope in 1503
- Pope Pius IV, Pope 1559 to 1565
- Pope Pius V, saint, Pope 1566 to 1572
- Pope Pius VI, Pope 1775 to 1799
- Pope Pius VII, Pope 1800 to 1823
- Pope Pius VIII, Pope 1829 to 1830
- Pope Pius IX, Pope 1846 to 1878
- Pope Pius X, saint, Pope 1903 to 1914
- Pope Pius XI, Pope 1922 to 1939
- Pope Pius XII, Pope 1939 to 1958
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Famous quotes containing the word popes:
“From Paul to Stalin, the popes who have chosen Caesar have prepared the way for Caesars who quickly learn to despise popes.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
““Mother” is the first word that occurs to politicians and columnists and popes when they raise the question, “Why isn’t life turning out the way we want it?””
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)
“What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say “I know” instead of “I am learning,” and pray for credulity and inertia as wise men pray for scepticism and activity.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)