Pius
Pius is a male given name that is rarely given in German-speaking countries and mostly in Catholic families. The feminine form is Pia , the Italian form is Pio. The name days are 15. March that the 30th April and 21st August .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Latin of pius and means pious ( God-fearing ), virtuous , righteous as well as conscientious , conscientious and faithful .
Name bearer
Antiquity
- Gaius Iulius Publilius Pius , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius († 64/63 BC), Roman politician and general
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (before 95 BC – 46 BC), Roman politician
- Quintus Planius Sardus Truttedius Pius , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Lucius Vinicius Pius , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Antoninus Pius (86 AD – 161 AD), Roman emperor
- Fulvius Pius , Roman politician and senator
Pope name Pius
Pius was given the name of the pope by the following popes :
- Pius I approx. 140–155
- Pius II. 1458-1464
- Pius III 1503
- Pius IV. 1559-1565
- Pius V. 1566-1572
- Pius VI 1775-1799
- Pius VII. 1800-1823
- Pius VIII. 1829-1830
- Pius IX 1846-1878
- Pius X. 1903-1914
- Pius XI. 1922-1939
- Pius XII. 1939-1958
First name Pius
- Pius August in Bavaria (1786–1837), Duke of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
- Pius Brânzeu (1911–2002), Romanian surgeon
- Pius Engelbert (* 1936), Benedictine monk, was abbot of Gerleve Abbey and church historian
- Pius Fischer (diplomat) (* 1948), German diplomat
- Pius Gams (1816-1892), German Roman Catholic theologian, Benedictine and church historian
- Pius Heinz (* 1989), German poker player
- Pius Keller (1825–1904), German Augustinian monk
- Pius Langa (1939–2013), South African lawyer, judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa
- Pius Muchenberger (* 1814; † around 1865), German bell founder
- Pius N'Diefi (* 1975), Cameroonian national soccer player
- Pius Parsch (1884–1954), Austrian clergyman and theologian
- Pius Reher (1597–1654), 1630–1654 abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Gallen
- Pius Schwizer (* 1962), Swiss show jumper
- Pius Segmüller (* 1952), Swiss officer and politician (CVP)
- Pius Uhrig (1896–1973), German worker, farmer and politician (KPD)
- Pius Alexander Wolff (1782–1828), German actor and writer
- Pius Zingerle (1801–1881), German orientalist and theologian
- Pius Maurer (* 1971), Austrian theologian, clergyman and abbot of Lilienfeld Abbey
First name Pio
- Pío Baroja (1872–1956), Spanish writer
- Pio Alberto del Corona (1837–1912), Italian bishop
- Pio Corradi (1940–2019), Swiss cameraman
- Pio Emanuelli (1888–1946), Italian astronomer, historian and popular scientist
- Pio Fioroni (1933–2003), Swiss zoologist
- Pio Joris (1843–1921), Italian painter
- Pio Laghi (1922–2009), Italian clergyman and cardinal to the Curia
- Pío Leyva (1917-2006), Cuban musician
- Pio Marmaï (* 1984), French actor
- Pio Nock (1921–1998), Swiss clown and high wire artist
- Pio von Pietrelcina (1887–1968), Italian priest and Capuchin “Padre Pio”, canonized in 2002
- Pio Rajna (1847–1930), Italian Romanist
- Pio Scilligo (1928–2009), Italian Salesian, psychologist, professor and founder of the institute
- Pio Taofinu'u (1923-2006), Samoan clergyman, Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
- Pio Vittorio Vigo (* 1935), Italian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- Pio Zamuner (1935–2012), Italian-Brazilian film director and cameraman
Other meanings
- Pius Church , List of chapels and churches and patronage of various saints named Pius
- Society of St. Pius X. , Association of Catholic Traditionalists
- Piusvereine (Piusvereine for Religious Freedom), organized form of political Catholicism in Germany in 1848/49
- Piusverein Austria , founded in Austria in 1905
- Piusverein (Switzerland) , Piusverein founded in Switzerland in 1857, forerunner of: Swiss Catholic People's Association
- St.-Pius-Gymnasium Coesfeld , named after Pius X.
- Pius Foundation , foundation in Switzerland, named after Pius XI.
- PIUS stands for production-integrated environmental protection .
Footnotes
- ^ Lexicon of first names, 1974, Dudenverlag