Pope Pius
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There have been 12 Popes of the Roman Catholic Church who were named Pius:
- Pope Pius I - (c. 140-154, but Vatican lists 142/146 - 157/161)
- Pope Pius II - (1405-1458)
- Pope Pius III - (1439-1503)
- Pope Pius IV - (1499-1565)
- Pope Pius V - (1504-1572)
- Pope Pius VI - (1717-1799)
- Pope Pius VII - (1740-1823)
- Pope Pius VIII - (1829-1830)
- Pope Pius IX - (1846-1878)
- Pope Pius X - (1903-1914)
- Pope Pius XI - (1922-1939)
- Pope Pius XII - (1939-1958)
There is also an Antipope Pius XIII who leads the tiny breakaway True Catholic Church sect.
In the Babylon 5 science fiction saga, Pius XV is a fictional early 22nd Century Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pius XV was featured in the novel Dark Genesis.