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Pope St. Pius V was born on January 17, 1504 and entered the Dominican order at the age of 14. He became a lecturer of philosophy and theology during the time of the reformation. The pope at the time set him to reclaim the Catholic faith from doctrinal attacks.
Pope St. Pius V was eventually made a bishop, a cardinal, and then pope in 1566. As pope, he refused to wear the red colors and chose to wear his white Dominican robes saying, “I am first a Dominican.”
Pope St. Pius V strengthened the Church during the difficult years of the reformation. He sought to preserve the unity and integrity of our faith. He unified the liturgy by standardizing the Roman Breviary and Missal so that all Masses were celebrated the same.
Pope St. Pius V had a habit of kissing the feet of the crucifix when he entered a room. One day, an enemy placed poison on his crucifix. When he tried kiss it to venerate it, the feet of the corpus moved away!
Perhaps Pope St. Pius V is most famous for the Battle of Lepanto where, through the faithful’s continuous prayers of the rosary, our Holy Mother intervened on behalf of the Holy League to defeat the advancing (and much larger and more advanced) Ottoman Empire. It was amazing and miraculous! To commemorate the victory, Pope St. Pius V instituted the Feast of Our Lady of Victory on October 7, and he declared that the month of October would be dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary.
Pope St. Pius V died in 1570 and rests in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. His feast day is April 30th.
Dear Lord, grant us the gift of faith that we may believe in You and all that You have revealed as Pope St. Pius V did.
Pope St. Pius V, pray for us! Amen
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