Pope Pius X first Polish pope?

[Pitcairn17]

po18guy:

What an odd position. Does he go through the entire list of popes, dissecting their heritage?

Marshall is a specialist in odd positions. He doesn’t seem to be fastidious about his sources. He probably picked this up from some post by a Polish nationalist on some alt-right forum.

Yes he is. He strikes me as someone who pines for the days of the Inquisition - or at least for the days of Sen. Joe McCarthy, when guilt-by-association was enough to bring someone down, as he frequently tries to do.

 

[MagdalenaRita]

My question is, have you heard this theory that Pope Pius X is actually the first Polish pope, and if so, do you believe it and/or know of any good more official sources that could confirm or deny?

I have not heard it before but it does seem possible, which would mean he wasn’t the first Pope from Poland but the first Pope with Polish ancestry. Just googling it, there does seem to be quite a few Catholic websites that also support that theory, some are European websites so they need to be translated.

 

[Johann_du_Toit]

Pope Adrian VI

According to the Bellarmine forum, his parents were Polish immigrants to Italy.

7 Surprising Things about St. Pius X

Pope Pius X was an ordinary guy who changed papal dining habits, created a spy network, caused miracles, carried candy for street people, and gave daily sermons - all while fighting modernism! but wait! there's more!

bellarmineforum.org

 

[Sean]

He was born in Riese

 

[BartholomewB]

Yes, Riese, now renamed Riese Pio X, is a small town in the former Republic of Venice.