Pope Pius XII

The Venerable Pope Pius XII, born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 in Rome, Italy - October 9, 1958 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy), served as the Pope from March 2, 1939 to 1958. Pacelli, who was of noble birth, was a grandson of Marcantonio Pacelli, founder of the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, a nephew of Ernesto Pacelli, a key financial advisor to Pope Leo XII, and a son of Filippo Pacelli, dean of the Vatican lawyers. His brother, Francesco Pacelli, …

…Anni Sacri, 12 March 1950; Humani Generis, 12 August 1950; Munificentissimus Deus, 1 November 1950 (on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven and the encyclical is considered infallible); Ingruentium, 15 September 1951; Fulgens Corona, 8 September 1953; Ad Caeli Reginam, 11 October 1954; Datis Nuperrime, 5 November 1956; Miranda Prorsus, 8 September 1957 Pope Pius XII's coat-of-arms showed the symbol of peace: a dove with an olive branch Pope Pius XII's motto, like his coat of arms, indicated peace to be a fruit of justice: Opus justitiae pax.