Pope Pius XII Speaking 7 Languages

Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli - March 2, 1876 - October 9, 1958) was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death in 1958. He spoke fluently seven languages: Italian, Latin, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and English. His mother tongue was Italian. As a young man he learned Latin, French, Spanish and German. His Holiness learned Portuguese in a few weeks with a private teacher during a stay in Buenos Aires in order to be able to speak the language on his future trip to Rio de Janeiro. He learned English while he was Cardinal Secretary of State, perfecting it as Pope in his numerous conversations with British and American troops during the Allied occupation of Rome. His Holiness' most outstanding linguistic achievement came in Rome at the opening of the 1936 International Catholic Press Congress, when, as Secretary of State, he addressed that meeting in seven languages.
ENGLISH: 0:00
SPANISH: 0:39
FRENCH: 1:23
GERMAN: 1:50
ITALIAN: 2:35
PORTUGUESE: 3:18
LATIN: 4:14

Пікірлер: 57

  • @brandont.6510
    @brandont.6510 Жыл бұрын

    An excellent Pope he was. An intelligent, well spoken servant of Christ. Wish we had more video of him

  • @Big-guy1981

    @Big-guy1981

    9 ай бұрын

    Eeer isn't he the most controversial pope in recent times ?

  • @brandont.6510

    @brandont.6510

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Big-guy1981 the media can say whatever they want but he saved hundreds of thousands of Jews which was acknowledged by chief rabbi Zolli of Rome who even converted to Catholicism in admiration of Pius XII. But yea unfortunately his name is very controversial

  • @evertonluan1261
    @evertonluan1261 Жыл бұрын

    I came to the video thinking that his portuguese would be slow and funny, but I'm surprised to see how good was the pronunciation of His Holiness. He talked in an accent that reminds the way people in Rio speaks. Impressive!

  • @elfarlaur
    @elfarlaur Жыл бұрын

    Languages aside, he was a very talented orator. His mannerisms display the passion of him words excellently.

  • @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr

    @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr

    Ай бұрын

    the 40s was a great time for orators it seems hitler, mussolini, roosevelt, stalin, the like

  • @alexj.denton7453
    @alexj.denton7453 Жыл бұрын

    Those are exactly the 7 language I propose for my life, I say that in 8 years, if I don't waste time, I could achive it God willing .

  • @metalandy
    @metalandy Жыл бұрын

    It's amazing Pope Pius XII and all popes can speak so many languages. I'd travel the world if I knew so many of them.

  • @donmacaconeii9465

    @donmacaconeii9465

    4 ай бұрын

    @@mariarosanovello7803 Francesco*

  • @kingusernamelxixthemagnifi3488
    @kingusernamelxixthemagnifi34888 ай бұрын

    I didn't expect him to big this bombastic. Of course he was an Italian. Look at those arm talking.

  • @jeannehall6546
    @jeannehall65465 ай бұрын

    Interesting. Thank you for sharing.

  • @rapaheln7116
    @rapaheln7116 Жыл бұрын

    Pio XII, o grande! O auge do esplendor católico. Tenho esperança que a Igreja um dia voltará a ser gloriosa como era em seu tempo❤‍🔥❤‍🔥 ☦✝🏵

  • @my_graphics
    @my_graphics11 ай бұрын

    I m in shock right now.. How does he manages all of the vocabularies ?

  • @gearaddictclimber2524
    @gearaddictclimber2524 Жыл бұрын

    He’s rolling his r’s in French and German, both of which don’t have a rolled r sound in any standard dialect (they’d use a gutteral fricative).

  • @MaiaSdeLara
    @MaiaSdeLara4 ай бұрын

    His portuguese is really impressive, it's looks like someone that passed a lot of time in Brazil or Portugal.

  • @bundesautobahn7
    @bundesautobahn7 Жыл бұрын

    The way he rolls the R in German reminds me a bit of how Swiss people speak German (specifically High German), but he was in Germany when he was Nuntius. Spanish is a bit of a mix between Spanish and Latin American because of how he pronounced the C and the Z and uses grammar from Spain. And his Portuguese sounds like from Portugal. Where I live, it's more common to hear Brazilian Portuguese, which is a bit slower and has a bit of a different pronounciation than Portuguese from Portugal.

  • @nein236

    @nein236

    Жыл бұрын

    South Germans roll the R. Swiss Germans are South Germans too.

  • @jovemgafanhoto4512

    @jovemgafanhoto4512

    3 ай бұрын

    His portuguese is a mix between Portugal and Brazillian portuguese.

  • @BrianJosephMorgan
    @BrianJosephMorgan Жыл бұрын

    Santo subito.

  • @asunabr7242
    @asunabr7242 Жыл бұрын

    Esses papas, parece uma olimpíada de ver quem fala mais😐🤣 João Paulo II e Bento XVI eram outros que dominavam muitos idiomas de uma vez

  • @iacobus_riparius

    @iacobus_riparius

    11 ай бұрын

    Wojtyła e Ratzinger não foram papas.

  • @VitorHugo-rs7qy

    @VitorHugo-rs7qy

    6 ай бұрын

    @@iacobus_riparius foram sim, acaso es sede vacatista?

  • @iacobus_riparius

    @iacobus_riparius

    6 ай бұрын

    @@VitorHugo-rs7qy Obviamente sou!

  • @vernicejillmagsino9603

    @vernicejillmagsino9603

    2 ай бұрын

    They are future Popes during Pius XII they are suffered from their countries who are enemies of WWII Nazism Communism and later these future Popes became friends to fight these regimes

  • @franksam6818
    @franksam681810 ай бұрын

    As he sits in that Throne, & his head is aligned so the chair back, gives the Roman flower around his head. How Roman Catholic can you get ?

  • @JoaoVitor-bc7pd
    @JoaoVitor-bc7pd6 ай бұрын

    We do have to take notice that this is an epoch without available languages books, prepared teacher, duolingo, memrise or these things. Even if reading a text during a talk in those times would be tremendous!

  • @enrico_semeraroalberobello1522
    @enrico_semeraroalberobello15227 ай бұрын

    "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam"!

  • @sailorwinxgirl
    @sailorwinxgirl Жыл бұрын

    I love his Italian accent when he speaks English

  • @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr

    @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr

    Ай бұрын

    i'd imagine if you were a spanish native you'd also say "ay, italiano"

  • @s_hrndz0119
    @s_hrndz01194 ай бұрын

    The Last True Pope of the Catholic Church.

  • @natalebinetti8513
    @natalebinetti8513Ай бұрын

    What year He was pope

  • @oolooo
    @oolooo4 ай бұрын

    Extraordinary Servant of God and of His People , a Humanitarian and defender of Natural Rights and Dignity .

  • @emmetranous9682
    @emmetranous96826 ай бұрын

    I think his English is better than most Americans

  • @cristhoperdelvalle9781
    @cristhoperdelvalle9781 Жыл бұрын

    El italiano, al ser su idioma nativo, materno o originario, no se debe contar. Me gustaría que un pontifíce en un futuro hablase rumano, siendo la única lengua romance o latina que falta.

  • @mauriziorossini5562
    @mauriziorossini5562 Жыл бұрын

    E bergoglio quante???

  • @BritishRepublicsn

    @BritishRepublicsn

    10 ай бұрын

    Anche sette, forse otto

  • @mauriziorossini5562

    @mauriziorossini5562

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BritishRepublicsn le parla tutte e nessuna!

  • @jamesvanderhoorn1117
    @jamesvanderhoorn11173 ай бұрын

    His Italian sounds good. The other languages not so good.

  • @Fabrizio-tg9ek
    @Fabrizio-tg9ek8 ай бұрын

    Molto colto Pio Xll Bergoglio invece parla solo italiano..........cosicché la nostra lingua sarà un poco di più conosciuta. Magrissima consolazione.

  • @cristhoperdelvalle9781
    @cristhoperdelvalle9781 Жыл бұрын

    Sería bueno que el próximo papa fuese oceánico (australiano o neozelandés), es el único continente que falta a un papa para ser originario. Ya habido europeos, asiáticos (específicamente de medio oriente), africanos (tunesinos, argelinos y libios), además de uno americano (argentino).

  • @tonronin8244
    @tonronin8244 Жыл бұрын

    O Francês é perfeito, o Português é horrível! O gesto de Abrir os Braços visitando pessoas durante a Segunda Guerra é inspirado no Cristo Redentor do Brasil 🇧🇷 Santo súbito!!!

  • @pauloamaral6069

    @pauloamaral6069

    Жыл бұрын

    Não é o português que é horrível, é o áudio.

  • @RaizPodre

    @RaizPodre

    7 ай бұрын

    é aceitável e vale lembrar que o papa morreu em 1958 , então o modo de falar é de uma outra época, algumas expressões não são mais utilizadas com frequência como "labutar"

  • @annwhitaker6404
    @annwhitaker6404 Жыл бұрын

    God

  • @irenelowe9739
    @irenelowe9739 Жыл бұрын

    Why 🇧🇷 and not 🇵🇹

  • @iacobus_riparius

    @iacobus_riparius

    11 ай бұрын

    Porque ele estava falando para os brasileiros, não para os lusos.

  • @rogerio7546

    @rogerio7546

    6 ай бұрын

    Principalmente porque o português brasileiro se tornou mais relevante que o europeu há muito tempo

  • @claudiosassetti2797
    @claudiosassetti27979 ай бұрын

    Dopo San Pietro il più grande Papà che la Chiesa abbia avuto non ancora santo per colpa dei deicidi gli ebrei

  • @stephanobarbosa5805
    @stephanobarbosa58057 ай бұрын

    ele aprendeu alemão porque ele precisava se comunicar melhor com o cúmplice dele... (que usava uniforme militar e um bigode pequeno)

  • @gamergamerprobr7572

    @gamergamerprobr7572

    2 ай бұрын

    Respeite o Papa. Se coloque em seu lugar e entenda que a Santa Igreja é hierárquica, o Papa deve ser respeitado pela autoridade que ele representa, ele é o Vigário de Cristo. Ainda que haja qualquer divergência, nada lhe dá o direito de levantar falsas acusações contra ele ou desrespeitá-lo.

  • @stephanobarbosa5805

    @stephanobarbosa5805

    2 ай бұрын

    @@gamergamerprobr7572 Galvão ! - Diga lá Tino !! - Sentiu !! (hahahahahahaha)

  • @stephanobarbosa5805

    @stephanobarbosa5805

    2 ай бұрын

    @@gamergamerprobr7572 pesquisa,.... Jasenovac, Pavelic, Tiso, Hudal, Draganovic, Ratlines etc... blz... ?

  • @Big-guy1981
    @Big-guy19819 ай бұрын

    Well French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin aren't exactly worlds appart.

  • @nepopois9553
    @nepopois955311 ай бұрын

    The Nazi Pope was intelligent man indeed.

  • @lusitanus.

    @lusitanus.

    10 ай бұрын

    Nazi pope? What Nazi pope is this who hid thousands of Jews and wrote documents condemning fascism and national socialism?