Riese Pio X

(Usually abbreviated giant) Riese Pio X is a municipality with 11,046 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in northeastern Italy, in the province of Treviso and the Veneto region. Your nickname she owes (similar Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII) its most famous son, Giuseppe Sarto, who later became Pope Pius X (Italian Pio X).

Riese Pio X is also the birthplace of Giacomo Monico (1776-1851), a predecessor Sarto on the throne of the Patriarch of Venice.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Giacomo Monico (1776-1851), Cardinal of the Catholic Church
  • Pius X ( Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto actually; 1835-1914 ), 1903-1914, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Claudio Foscarini (born 1958 ), football player and coach
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