Pius XI: References & Edit History
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Biographies are Philip Hughes, Pope Pius the Eleventh (1937); Zsolt Aradi, Pius XI: The Pope and the Man (1958); and Robin Anderson, Between Two Wars (1977). Anthony Rhodes, The Vatican in the Age of the Dictators, 1922–1945 (1973); and Peter C. Kent, The Pope and the Duce: The International Impact of the Lateran Agreements (1981), examine diplomatic history. Frank J. Coppa (ed.), Controversial Concordats: The Vatican’s Relations with Napoleon, Mussolini, and Hitler (1999) examines the agreements Pius XI concluded with fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The volume by Georges Passelecq and Bernard Sucheckly, The Hidden Encyclical of Pius XI (1997; originally published in French, 1995), provides an English translation of the encyclical commissioned by Pius XI but never issued.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | May 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Changed spelling of “anti-Semitism” to “antisemitism.” | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| Added the Latin text of his papal motto and added cross-references throughout. | Dec 20, 2018 | ||
| Invalidated site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Pius XI. | Dec 07, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Pius XI. | Dec 15, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Pope Pius XI. | Dec 15, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Pius XI. | Dec 15, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | May 17, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |