Pius
Pius (/ˈpaɪəs/ PY-əs,[1] Latin: [ˈpiːʊs]) Latin for "pious", is a masculine given name. Its feminine form is Pia.
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It may refer to:
People
Popes
- Pope Pius (disambiguation)
- Antipope Pius XIII (1918-2009), who led the breakaway True Catholic Church sect
Given name
- Pius Bazighe (born 1972), Nigerian javelin thrower
- Pius Heinz (born 1989), German professional poker player who won the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event
- Pius F. Koakanu (died 1885), Hawaiian politician
- Pius Ncube, Catholic Archbishop of Harare and outspoken critic of Robert Mugabe
- Pius L. Schwert, a former New York Yankees player and U.S. congressman
Surname
- Märt Pius (born 1989), Estonian actor
- Priit Pius (born 1989), Estonian actor
Fictional characters
- Pius Thicknesse, in the Harry Potter series
- Pius XIII the eponymous Pope in the HBO series The Young Pope
- Pius XV, in the Babylon 5 science fiction saga, a fictional early 22nd century pope featured in the novel Dark Genesis
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See also
- PIUS reactor, a Swedish design for a nuclear reactor not reliant on active safety measures
- Pius, epithet of Trojan hero Aeneas
- Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (138-160)
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (c. 130 BC-63 BC), Roman consul and soldier
- Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor (813-840)
- Pio (given name), the Italian form of Pius
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