Giant Pio X

Giant Pio X
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Treviso  (TV)
Local name	Giant (Pio X)
Coordinates	45 ° 44 '  N , 11 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 44 '0 "  N , 11 ° 55' 0"  E
height	65  m slm
surface	30 km²
Residents	11,037 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	368 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	31039
prefix	0423
ISTAT number	026068
Popular name	Riesini
Patron saint	San Matteo
Website	www.comune.riese-pio-x.tv.it

Riese Pio X (usually called Riese for short ) is a municipality with 11,037 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in northeast Italy , in the province of Treviso and the Veneto region . It owes its nickname (similar to Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII ) to its most famous son, Giuseppe Sarto, the later Pope Pius X. ( Italian Pio X ).

Riese Pio X is also the birthplace of Giacomo Monico (1776-1851), a predecessor Sarto on the throne of the Patriarch of Venice .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Giacomo Monico (1776–1851), cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Pius X. (actually Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto ; 1835–1914), from 1903 to 1914 Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
• Lino Zanini (1909–1997), Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
• Claudio Foscarini (* 1958), football player and coach

Web links

Commons : Giant Pio X  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.