Miscellaneous
PIUS X
(Giuseppe Sarto, 1835-1914, 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)
Group Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Pospisil, signed 'Pius P.P. X'
across the foot of the image, titled in French 'The Holy Father and his Court', showing the Pope in white robes and white skull cap, seated on his throne in a room in the Vatican, with eleven members of his court, all full length and full or nearly full face, published by Alterocca of Terni, 3½ x 5½, no date, circa
Item Date: 1910
Background
It is very rare to find examples of this Pope.
Stock No. 54398