Editing Pope Pius X (section)

==Death and burial==
[[File:PiusXAug201914.jpg|thumb|Pius X on his deathbed]]
In 1913, Pope Pius X suffered a [[heart attack]], and subsequently lived in the shadow of poor health. In 1914, the pope fell ill on the [[Assumption of Mary|Feast of the Assumption of Mary]] (15 August 1914); it was an illness from which he would not recover, and it was reported that he suffered from a fever and lung complications. His condition was worsened by the events leading to the outbreak of [[World War I]] (1914–1918), which reportedly sent the 79-year-old into a state of melancholy.

While the pope's condition was classified as serious, alarming symptoms did not develop until 19 August. While Pius X spent most of that day in and out of consciousness, he said at one stage, "In ancient times, the pope by a word might have stayed the slaughter, but now he is impotent". The pope shortly after received the Last Rites and eventually, an old bronchial infection that the pope had previously had in years past returned, further hastening his decline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=SSN19140822-01.2.67&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------|title=Death claims Pope Pius X|date=22 August 1914|publisher=The Idaho Springs Siftings-News|accessdate=10 February 2022}}</ref> The disease which he had been suffering extended to the bronchial tree resulting in [[pneumonia]] that killed him.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=De Santo |first1=Natale Gaspare |last2=Bisaccia |first2=Carmela |last3=S De Santo |first3=Luca |date=2022-02-16 |title=Pius X (1835-1914): the last gouty pope |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35191630/ |journal=Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=2022–vol1 |issn=1724-5990 |pmid=35191630 |quote=...the diagnosis was pneumonia, heart failure, [[pericarditis]] and [[uremia]] due to gout.}}</ref>

[[File:Pope Pius X during his lying in state.jpg|thumb|Pius X during his lying in state, 21–22 August 1914]]

He died at 1:20am on Thursday, 20 August 1914, only a few hours after the death of [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] leader [[Franz Xavier Wernz]], and on the very day when German forces marched into [[Brussels]]. In a moment of lucidity just moments before he died, Pius X is reported to have said: "Now I begin to think the end is approaching. The Almighty in His inexhaustible goodness wishes to spare me the horrors which Europe is undergoing".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spectator.com.au/2014/08/from-the-archives-2/|title=The death of Pope Pius X|publisher=The Spectator|date=22 August 1914|accessdate=7 February 2022}}</ref> His sister, Anna, was praying at his bedside when Pius X died. The pope's last act of life was to kiss the little crucifix that he had clasped in his hands at around 1:15am.<ref name=SPX/>

Pius X was buried in a [[List of extant papal tombs|simple and unadorned tomb]] in the crypt below [[Saint Peter's Basilica]]. His body was [[Lying in state|laid in state]] on 21 August in red pontifical vestments and then interred following the [[Requiem|Requiem Mass]] following his coffin lying in state on a large [[catafalque]] in the [[Sistine Chapel]].<ref name=SSPX>{{cite web|url=https://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/st-pius-x-died-today-100-years-ago-4683|title=St. Pius X died today 100 years ago|work=District of the USA |publisher=[[Society of Saint Pius X]]|date=21 August 2014|accessdate=7 February 2022}}</ref> His original tombstone bore the inscription: "Pope Pius X, poor and yet rich, gentle and humble of heart, unconquerable champion of the Catholic Faith, whose constant endeavor it was to renew all things in Christ".<ref name=SPC>{{cite web|url=http://saintpiusxchurch.com/wp/sample-page/about-us/biography-of-st-pius-x/|title=Biography of St. Pius X|publisher=Church of Saint Pius X|date=|accessdate=7 February 2022}}</ref> Papal physicians had been in the habit of removing organs to aid the embalming process. Pius X expressly prohibited this in his burial and successive popes have continued this tradition. Pius X's tomb is located near the tombs of both [[Pope John XXIII]] and [[Pope John Paul II]] under the altar of the Presentation.

He is succeeded by Giacomo della Chiesa, who was known as [[Pope Benedict XV]].