Election Of Pope Pius Xii

Redirected from papal conclave 1939 following the death of pope pius xi on 10 february 1939 all 62 cardinals of the catholic church met in the 1939 papal conclave on 1 march.

Election of pope pius xii. The nazi government was the only government not to send a representative to his coronation. He accepted and took the name pius xii. He will make a good pope pope pius xi said of eugenio pacelli according to cardinal domenico tardini.

The communist governments of hungary and yugoslavia prevented the other two fro. Following the death of pope pius xii on 9 october 1958 the 1958 papal conclave met from 25 to 28 october and on the eleventh ballot elected angelo giuseppe roncalli patriarch of venice to succeed him. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the election of pius xii as bishop of rome pope francis announced during an audience for staff of the vatican secret archives on 4 march 2019 that vatican archival materials pertaining to pius pontificate will be accessible to scholars beginning on 2 march 2020.

On march 2 1939 he was elected pope. He accepted the election and took the name john xxiii. The next day on the third ballot they elected eugenio cardinal pacelli who was camerlengo and secretary of state as pope.

Two years later at 5 30 p m. Some 51 of the 53 cardinals participated as cardinal electors. Eighty years ago the election of pius xii eugenio pacelli fsspx actualités fsspx news.

Pius xii promulgated 41 papal encyclicals during his reign as pope for over 19 years from his election of march 2 1939 until his death on october 9 1958. With europe on the brink of war pius xi died on 10 february 1939 and pacelli was elected to succeed him as pope pius xii. Pius lobbied world leaders hard to avoid war and then pursued a policy of cautions diplomacy following the outbreak of the war.

The 1119 papal election took place in cluny abbey as a result of the expulsion of pope gelasius ii from rome by henry v holy roman emperor following the investiture controversy. Senator matteo rosso orsini confined the cardinals to the septizodium during the 1241 election. He was the second patriarch of venice to be elected pontiff in the 20th century after pope pius x.