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XII</h1> <h2><i>Eugenio Pacelli</i></h2> <h2><b>2.III.1939</b></h2> - <h2><b>9.X.1958</b></h2> <div class="biography"> </div> <div class="parsys item"> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="menu left"> <div class="topnav holyfatherAccordionSidenav sidenav_accordion"> <div align="left" class="nav_title_container"> <div><a href="/content/pius-xii/la.html">PIUS XII</a></div> </div> <div id="accordionmenu"> <ul> <li class="has-sub"> <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches.index.html"> Allocutiones</a><ul path="speeches"><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1939.index.html"> 1939</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1940.index.html"> 1940</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1946.index.html"> 1946</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1948.index.html"> 1948</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1949.index.html"> 1949</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1950.index.html"> 1950</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1951.index.html"> 1951</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1952.index.html"> 1952</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1953.index.html"> 1953</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1954.index.html"> 1954</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1956.index.html"> 1956</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1957.index.html"> 1957</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/speeches/1958.index.html"> 1958</a></li></ul></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/biography.index.html"> Biographia</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/briefs.index.html"> Briefs</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/apost_constitutions.index.html"> Constitutiones Apostolicae</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/letters.index.html"> Epistulae</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/apost_exhortations.index.html"> Adhortationes Apostolicae</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/homilies.index.html"> Homiliae</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/apost_letters.index.html"> Litterae Apostolicae</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/encyclicals.index.html"> Litterae Encyclicae</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/motu_proprio.index.html"> Motu Proprio</a></li><li > <a href="/content/pius-xii/la/prayers.index.html"> Orationes</a></li></ul> </div>  </div> </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> </hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"> <hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </body>  </html>

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