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PIUS XII
(1876-1958, Eugenio Pacelli, from 1939 Pope)
Colour Portrait Postcard Photo by Alinari, signed 'Pius pp. XII.'
on unused verso, showing him nearly half length, three quarter face, in white skull cap, white edged purple cassock and a broad stole embroidered in red and gold in a Renaissance design, stamps of the Vatican Archive in background of recto and of Vatican Library on verso, 5¾ x 4, no date, circa
Item Date: 1950
£650
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Background
Pius XII was accused of being Pro Nazi during the second World War, but he was also responsible for saving many Jewish people.
almost imperceptible crease across right half of image
Stock No. 54399
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