Pius ( ,
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Latin for "pious", is a masculine given name. Its feminine form is
Pia.
It may refer to:
People
Popes
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Pope Pius (disambiguation) Pope Pius are popes named Pius. It may refer to:
People Popes of the Roman Catholic Church
* Pope Pius I (c. 140–154; officially listed as 142/146 – 157/161)
* Pope Pius II (1458–1464)
* Pope Pius III (1503)
* Pope Pius IV (1559–1565)
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Antipope Pius XIII
Lucian Pulvermacher (born Earl Pulvermacher, 20 April 1918 – 30 November 2009) was a traditionalist schismatic Roman Catholic priest and a modern-day antipope. He was the head of the True Catholic Church, a small conclavist group that elected ...
(1918-2009), who led the breakaway True Catholic Church sect
Given name
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Pius Bazighe (born 1972), Nigerian javelin thrower
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Pius Heinz (born 1989), German professional poker player who won the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event
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Pius F. Koakanu
Pius F. Koakanu (sometimes known as John F. Koakanu or Koakanu II; died March 2, 1885) was a Hawaiian high chief (''aliʻi'') from the island of Kauai who served as a politician during the Kingdom of Hawaii and the ''Kahu'' or Keeper of the Royal ...
(died 1885), Hawaiian politician
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Pius Ncube
Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube (born 31 December 1946) served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, until he resigned on 11 September 2007. Widely known for his human rights advocacy, Ncube was an outspoken critic of former Preside ...
, Catholic Archbishop of Harare and outspoken critic of Robert Mugabe
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Pius Schwert
Pius Louis Schwert (November 22, 1892 – March 11, 1941) was an American politician and professional baseball player. He played for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball and was a member of the United States House of Representatives fro ...
(1892-1941), American politician and baseball player
Surname
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Märt Pius
Märt Pius (born 4 February 1989)[vooremaa.ee](_blank)
''Rahutu hingeg ...
(born 1989), Estonian actor
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Priit Pius (born 1989), Estonian actor
Fictional characters
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Pius Thicknesse
The Ministry of Magic is the government of the Magical community of Britain in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, headed by an official entitled the Minister for Magic. The magical government in Britain is first mentioned in ''Harry Potter and t ...
, in the ''Harry Potter'' series
* Pius XIII the eponymous Pope in the HBO series ''
The Young Pope''
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Pius XV, in the ''Babylon 5'' science fiction saga, a fictional early 22nd century pope featured in the novel ''Dark Genesis''
See also
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PIUS reactor
The light-water reactor (LWR) is a type of thermal-neutron reactor that uses normal water, as opposed to heavy water, as both its coolant and neutron moderator; furthermore a solid form of fissile elements is used as fuel. Thermal-neutron react ...
, a Swedish design for a nuclear reactor not reliant on active safety measures
* Pius, epithet of Trojan hero
Aeneas
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Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (138-161)
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (c. 128 – 63 BC) was a Roman politician and general. Like the other members of the influential Caecilii Metelli family, he was a leader of the Optimates, the conservative faction opposed to the Populares during ...
(c. 130-63 BC), Roman consul and soldier
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Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor (813-840)
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Pio (given name), the Italian form of Pius
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