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Pope Pius X (Latin: Pius PP. X; Italian: Pio X, 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 258th Pope from 1903 to 1914. He is a saint of the Catholic Church, well known as being strongly against members of the Catholic Church trying to make it follow modern ideas, a movement called modernism.
Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835 in Riese in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. He studied at the University of Padua.
Sarto was ordained as a priest on 18 September 1858.
In 1884, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto the Bishop of Mantua.
In 1893, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto a cardinal and the Patriarch of Venice.
On 20 4 August 1903, Cardinal Sarto was elected pope; and he chose to be called Pius X.
As pope, he prevented the development of Modernism, an intellectual movement gaining attention from Catholics. He also suppressed a political movement that calls for social reforms known as Christian democracy.
Despite all of these, Pius X was known for his reforms on the Catholic liturgy. He also decided to systemize the canon law over which he announced a plan in March 19, 1904. This led to the publication of a new code in 1917 under his successor, Pope Benedict XV. This new code took effect in 1918.
His papacy ended when he died on August 1914 due to a bronchial attack.
In 1951, he was beatified, which is a step in the process of naming a saint of the Catholic Church.
In 1954, he was canonized as a saint.

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| Preceded by Leo XIII |
Pope 1903–1914 |
Succeeded by Benedict XV |