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What is St. Pius X the patron saint of?

St. Pius X is the patron saint of pilgrims, sacred music, and first communicants. Pius served as pope, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, from 1903 to 1914. One of his liturgical reforms was to lower the age at which Catholics receive their first holy communion from about 12 years old to about 7 years old.