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Pius XI
Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti · 6 Feb 1922 – 10 Feb 1939 · 17 yrs · died
Signed the treaty that created Vatican City. Then wrote an encyclical against the Nazis, in German.
Did
- Made Vatican City a state through the Lateran Treaty (1929).
- Issued Mit brennender Sorge (1937), smuggled into Germany and read from every pulpit.
Didn't
- Live to issue the planned encyclical on racism; he died in February 1939.
From the record
Pope Pius XI was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of Vatican City upon its creation on 11 February 1929.
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