Pius

Pius is a male first name, which is very rarely awarded in German-speaking and mostly in Catholic families. The female form is Pia, the Italian form is Pio. The names of days are March 15, April 30 and August 21.

Origin and Meaning

The name comes from the Latin pius, meaning the Pious ( Godly )

Pope name

When Pope Pius name has been led by the following popes:

  • Pius I. approximately 140-155
  • Pius II 1458-1464
  • Pius III. 1503
  • Pius IV 1559-1565
  • Pius V. 1566-1572
  • Pius VI. 1775-1799
  • Pius VII, 1800-1823
  • Pius VIII 1829-1830
  • Pius IX. 1846-1878
  • Pius X 1903-1914
  • Pius XI. 1922-1939
  • Pius XII. 1939-1958

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius († 64/63 BC ), Roman politician and military commander
  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (before 95 BC -46 BC ), Roman politician
  • Fulvius Pius, Roman politician and Senator
  • Pius Alexander Wolff (1782-1828), German actor and writer
  • Pius August in Bavaria (1786-1837), Duke of Palatinate - Birkenfeld - Gelnhausen
  • Pius Fischer ( diplomat ) ( born 1948 ), German diplomat
  • Pius Heinz (* 1989), German poker player
  • Pius Keller (1825-1904), German Augustinian monk
  • Pius Parsch (1884-1954), Austrian clergyman and theologian
  • Pius Segmüller ( born 1952 ), Swiss army officer and politician (CVP )
  • Pius Zingerle (1801-1881), German orientalist and theologian

Pio

  • Pío Baroja (1872-1956), Spanish writer
  • Pio Laghi (1922-2009), Italian priest and cardinal
  • Pío Leyva (1917-2006), Cuban musicians
  • Taofinu'u Pio (1923-2006), Samoan clergyman, Archbishop of Samoa - Apia

Other meanings

  • Pius Church, List of chapels and churches and patronage of various saints with the name Pius
  • Priestly Society of St. Pius X priest Association of Catholic traditionalists
  • Pius Associations ( Pius Associations for religious freedom ), organized form of political Catholicism 1848/49 in Germany
  • , Founded in 1905 in Austria Austria Pius club
  • Pius Association ( Switzerland ), was established in 1857 in Switzerland Pius Association, forerunner of: Swiss Catholic folk club
  • St. Pius High School Coesfeld, named after Pius X.
  • Pius Foundation, Foundation in Switzerland, named after Pius XI.
  • PIUS stands for Cleaner Production.

Footnotes

  • Male first name
History of the term "Catholic" Pia (given name) Name day Duke Pius August in Bavaria Piusverein
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