ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 11th of July WELCOME! SAINT PIUS I., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index His date of birth is unknown; pope from about 140 to about 154. According to the earliest list of the popes, given by Irenaeus, Pius was the ninth successor of St Peter . THE NINTH SUCCESSOR OF ST PETER The dates given in the Liberian Catalogue for his pontificate (146-61) rest on a false calculation of earlier chroniclers, and cannot be accepted. The only chronological datum we possess is supplied by the year of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna ’s death, which may be referred with great certainty to 155-6. On his visit to Rome in the year before his death Polycarp found Anicetus , the successor of Pius, bishop there; consequently, the death of Pius must have occurred about 154. THE POPE'S FAMILY The " Liber Pontificalis " says the father of Pius was Rufinus, and makes him a native of Aquileia; this is, however, probably a conjecture of the author, w...