Pope Pius X

Pope Pius X (; , 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 258th Pope from 1903 to 1914. He is a saint of the Catholic Church, well known as being strongly against members of the Catholic Church trying to make it follow modern ideas, a movement called modernism.
Early life.
Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835 in Riese in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. He studied at the University of Padua.
Priest.
Sarto was ordained as a priest on 18 September 1858.
Bishop.
In 1884, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto the Bishop of Mantua.
Cardinal.
In 1893, Pope Leo XIII made Sarto a cardinal and the Patriarch of Venice.
Pope.
On 20 4 August 1903, Cardinal Sarto was elected pope; and he chose to be called Pius X.
Saint.
In 1951, he was beatified, which is a step in the process of naming a saint of the Catholic Church.
In 1954, he was canonized as a saint.