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'''Pius''' is a male [[name]], from the [[Latin]] word ''pius'', the meaning of which is similar to the English "pious" from [[piety]] , meaning a desire and willingness to perform religious duties.
The name is most commonly associated with [[pope]]s, twelve of whom (including three in the twentieth century and seven in the last 250 years), have taken the name Pius.
Notable persons named Pius:
==Emperor==
* [[Antoninus Pius]] - Roman Emperor 138 to 161
==[[Pope]]s==
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* [[Pope Pius I]], saint, pope 140/142 to 155
* [[Pope Pius II]], pope 1458 to 1474
* [[Pope Pius III]], pope in 1503
* [[Pope Pius IV]], pope 1559 to 1565
* [[Pope Pius V]], saint, pope 1566 to 1572
* [[Pope Pius VI]], pope 1775 to 1799
* [[Pope Pius VII]], pope 1800 to 1823
* [[Pope Pius VIII]], pope 1829 to 1830
* [[Pope Pius IX]], pope 1846 to 1878
* [[Pope Pius X]], saint, pope 1903 to 1914
* [[Pope Pius XI]], pope 1922 to 1939
* [[Pope Pius XII]], pope 1939 to 1958
==Other people named Pius==
* [[Antipope Pius XIII]], who leads the breakaway True Catholic Church sect
* [[Pius XV]], in the Babylon 5 science fiction saga, is a fictional early 22nd Century Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pius XV was featured in the novel ''Dark Genesis''
* [[Pius Ncube]], Catholic Arch Bishop of Harare and outspoken critic of Robert Mugabe
* [[Pius Thicknesse]], a character in the ''Harry Potter'' series
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