Miscellaneous
PIUS X
(Giuseppe Sarto, 1835-1914, from 1903 Pope, of humble origins, born in Riese near Venice, Condemned Theological Modernism in his 1907 'Pascendi' encyclical, Champion of Social Reform, Reformed the Liturgy, Canonized 1954)
Portrait Postcard Photograph, signed 'Pius P.P. X'
across the foot of the image, showing the Pope in white robes and white skull cap, seated on his throne in a room in the Vatican, his coat of arms in the top right corner, 5½ x 3½, published by Alterocca of Terni, no date, circa
Item Date: 1905
Background
It is very rare to find examples of this Pope.
very light crease across one corner of dark background
Stock No. 54397