<Table> Popes of the 20th century <Tr> <Th> Pontiff number </Th> <Th> Pontificate </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name : English Latin </Th> <Th> Personal name </Th> <Th> Place of birth </Th> <Th> Age at start / end of papacy </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 257 </Td> <Td> 4 Aug 1903 -- 20 Aug 1914 ( 7003403400000000000 ♠ 11 years , 16 days ) ( 4034 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Pius X Papa PIUS Decimus </Td> <Td> Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 2 June 1835 Riese , Treviso , Kingdom of Lombardy -- Venetia </Td> <Td> 68 / 79 </Td> <Td> Motto : Instaurare Omnia in Christo ( `` Restore all things in Christ '' ) <P> Italian . Encouraged and expanded reception of the Eucharist . Combatted Modernism ; issued the oath against it . Advocated the Gregorian Chant and reformed the Roman Breviary . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 258 </Td> <Td> 3 Sept 1914 -- 22 Jan 1922 ( 7003269800000000000 ♠ 7 years , 141 days ) ( 2698 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Benedict XV Papa BENEDICTUS Quintus Decimus </Td> <Td> Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 21 Nov 1854 Pegli , Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia </Td> <Td> 59 / 67 </Td> <Td> Motto : In te , Domine , speravi : non confundar in aeternum . ( `` In thee , o Lord , have I trusted : let me not be confounded for evermore . '' ) <P> Italian . Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. Issued the 1917 Code of Canon Law ; supported the missionaries in Maximum Illud . Remembered by Benedict XVI as a `` prophet of peace '' . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 259 </Td> <Td> 6 Feb 1922 -- 10 Feb 1939 ( 7003621300000000000 ♠ 17 years , 4 days ) ( 6213 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pius XI Papa PIUS Undecimus </Td> <Td> Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 31 May 1857 Desio , Milan , Kingdom of Lombardy -- Venetia </Td> <Td> 64 / 81 </Td> <Td> Motto : Pax Christi in Regno Christi ( `` The Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ '' ) <P> Italian . Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy ( 1929 ) establishing Vatican City as a sovereign state . Inaugurated Vatican Radio ( 1931 ) . Re-founded the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ( 1936 ) . Created the feast of Christ the King . Opposed Communism and Nazism . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 260 </Td> <Td> 2 March 1939 -- 9 Oct 1958 ( 7003716100000000000 ♠ 19 years , 221 days ) ( 7161 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ven . Pius XII Papa PIUS Duodecimus </Td> <Td> Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 2 March 1876 Rome , Italy </Td> <Td> 63 / 82 </Td> <Td> Motto : Opus Justitiae Pax ( `` The work of justice ( shall be ) peace '' ) <P> Italian . Invoked papal infallibility in the encyclical Munificentissimus Deus ; defined the dogma of the Assumption . Eliminated the Italian majority of cardinals . Credited with intervening for peace during World War II ; controversial for his reactions to the Holocaust . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 261 </Td> <Td> 28 Oct 1958 -- 3 June 1963 ( 7003167900000000000 ♠ 4 years , 218 days ) ( 1679 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St John XXIII Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Tertius </Td> <Td> Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 25 Nov 1881 Sotto il Monte , Bergamo , Italy </Td> <Td> 76 / 81 </Td> <Td> Motto : Obedientia et Pax ( `` Obedience and peace '' ) <P> Italian . Opened the Second Vatican Council ; called `` Good Pope John '' . Issued the encyclical Pacem in terris ( 1963 ) on peace and nuclear disarmament ; intervened for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis ( 1962 ) . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 262 </Td> <Td> 21 June 1963 -- 6 Aug 1978 ( 7003552500000000000 ♠ 15 years , 46 days ) ( 5525 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bl . Paul VI Papa PAULUS Sextus </Td> <Td> Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini </Td> <Td> 26 Sept 1897 Concesio , Brescia , Italy </Td> <Td> 65 / 80 </Td> <Td> Motto : Cum Ipso in Monte ( `` With Him on the mount '' ) <P> Italian . Last pope to be crowned in a coronation with the tiara . First pope to travel to the United States and Australia ; first pope since 1809 to travel outside Italy . Closed the Second Vatican Council . Issued the encyclical Humanae vitae ( 1968 ) condemning artificial
<Table> Popes of the 20th century <Tr> <Th> Pontiff number </Th> <Th> Pontificate </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name : English Latin </Th> <Th> Personal name </Th> <Th> Place of birth </Th> <Th> Age at start / end of papacy </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 257 </Td> <Td> 4 Aug 1903 -- 20 Aug 1914 ( 7003403400000000000 ♠ 11 years , 16 days ) ( 4034 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St Pius X Papa PIUS Decimus </Td> <Td> Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 2 June 1835 Riese , Treviso , Kingdom of Lombardy -- Venetia </Td> <Td> 68 / 79 </Td> <Td> Motto : Instaurare Omnia in Christo ( `` Restore all things in Christ '' ) <P> Italian . Encouraged and expanded reception of the Eucharist . Combatted Modernism ; issued the oath against it . Advocated the Gregorian Chant and reformed the Roman Breviary . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 258 </Td> <Td> 3 Sept 1914 -- 22 Jan 1922 ( 7003269800000000000 ♠ 7 years , 141 days ) ( 2698 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Benedict XV Papa BENEDICTUS Quintus Decimus </Td> <Td> Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 21 Nov 1854 Pegli , Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia </Td> <Td> 59 / 67 </Td> <Td> Motto : In te , Domine , speravi : non confundar in aeternum . ( `` In thee , o Lord , have I trusted : let me not be confounded for evermore . '' ) <P> Italian . Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. Issued the 1917 Code of Canon Law ; supported the missionaries in Maximum Illud . Remembered by Benedict XVI as a `` prophet of peace '' . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 259 </Td> <Td> 6 Feb 1922 -- 10 Feb 1939 ( 7003621300000000000 ♠ 17 years , 4 days ) ( 6213 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pius XI Papa PIUS Undecimus </Td> <Td> Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 31 May 1857 Desio , Milan , Kingdom of Lombardy -- Venetia </Td> <Td> 64 / 81 </Td> <Td> Motto : Pax Christi in Regno Christi ( `` The Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ '' ) <P> Italian . Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy ( 1929 ) establishing Vatican City as a sovereign state . Inaugurated Vatican Radio ( 1931 ) . Re-founded the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ( 1936 ) . Created the feast of Christ the King . Opposed Communism and Nazism . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 260 </Td> <Td> 2 March 1939 -- 9 Oct 1958 ( 7003716100000000000 ♠ 19 years , 221 days ) ( 7161 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ven . Pius XII Papa PIUS Duodecimus </Td> <Td> Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 2 March 1876 Rome , Italy </Td> <Td> 63 / 82 </Td> <Td> Motto : Opus Justitiae Pax ( `` The work of justice ( shall be ) peace '' ) <P> Italian . Invoked papal infallibility in the encyclical Munificentissimus Deus ; defined the dogma of the Assumption . Eliminated the Italian majority of cardinals . Credited with intervening for peace during World War II ; controversial for his reactions to the Holocaust . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 261 </Td> <Td> 28 Oct 1958 -- 3 June 1963 ( 7003167900000000000 ♠ 4 years , 218 days ) ( 1679 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> St John XXIII Papa IOANNES Vicesimus Tertius </Td> <Td> Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli , O.F.S. </Td> <Td> 25 Nov 1881 Sotto il Monte , Bergamo , Italy </Td> <Td> 76 / 81 </Td> <Td> Motto : Obedientia et Pax ( `` Obedience and peace '' ) <P> Italian . Opened the Second Vatican Council ; called `` Good Pope John '' . Issued the encyclical Pacem in terris ( 1963 ) on peace and nuclear disarmament ; intervened for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis ( 1962 ) . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 262 </Td> <Td> 21 June 1963 -- 6 Aug 1978 ( 7003552500000000000 ♠ 15 years , 46 days ) ( 5525 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bl . Paul VI Papa PAULUS Sextus </Td> <Td> Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini </Td> <Td> 26 Sept 1897 Concesio , Brescia , Italy </Td> <Td> 65 / 80 </Td> <Td> Motto : Cum Ipso in Monte ( `` With Him on the mount '' ) <P> Italian . Last pope to be crowned in a coronation with the tiara . First pope to travel to the United States and Australia ; first pope since 1809 to travel outside Italy . Closed the Second Vatican Council . Issued the encyclical Humanae vitae ( 1968 ) condemning artificial
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