Pope · Feast day August 21
St. Pius X
The feast day of St. Pius X is August 21, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Below: a short life and 1 sourced quotation in their own words.
| Feast day | August 21 |
|---|---|
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Pope |
| Died | 1914 |
| In their own words | 1 sourced quotation · 1 attributed saying (source unconfirmed) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A village boy of northern Italy who walked miles to school barefoot, shoes over his shoulder, and rose to the papacy without ever losing the manner of a country pastor. His motto: ‘to restore all things in Christ.’
He admitted children to Communion, put the Eucharist at the center of Catholic life, reformed the liturgy’s music and the Church’s law, and died heartbroken weeks after the guns of August 1914 began.
In their own words
Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under In Scripture.
To restore all things in Christ.
Attributed, source unconfirmed
These sayings circulate under the saint’s name, but no source has been confirmed. Bless shows them with that label.
Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.
In Scripture
In Bless, St. Pius X’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.
On this theme · source unconfirmed
I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.
John 6:51 · CPDV Beside their words: “Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.”
On this theme · source unconfirmed
And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you.
John 6:54 · CPDV Beside their words: “Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.”
On this theme
in the dispensation of the fullness of time, so as to renew in Christ everything that exists through him in heaven and on earth.
Ephesians 1:10 · CPDV Beside their words: “To restore all things in Christ.”
On this theme
and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.
Colossians 1:20 · CPDV Beside their words: “To restore all things in Christ.”
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Pius X. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Pius X keeps August 21 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of August.
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