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Death of the Pope, in a Vatican City newspaper...



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October 09, 1958

L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO, Vatican City, Italy, Oct. 9, 1958  This is the Vatican City newspaper announcing the death of Pope Pius XII, a same day report with the headline translated as: "This morning October 9 at 3:52 a.m. the Pius Supreme Pontiff Pius XII died holy in the peace of the lord."
The complete issue with 4 pages, wide black mourning rules on all pages with most of pages 3 and 4 taken up with photos of the life of Pope Pius XII. Very nice condition.

Category: The 20th Century