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Popes Through the Ages: Pius IX
Short account of his pontificate.

Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope Pius IX
Biography of this pope, who died in 1878.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Pius IX
Short biography of this nineteenth-century pontiff.

Biography.com: Pius IX
Brief biographical profile of Pio Nono.

Patron Saints Index: Pius IX
Illustrated profile. Includes a list of people he beatified or canonized.

The Beatification of Pope Pius IX
No one doubts that Pius IX was a dedicated churchman. But he does not have a popular cultus. Article wonders aloud which quality of his predecessor it is that Pope John Paul II is holding up for emulation. [America]

Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations: Pope Pius IX
Biographical article published in L'Osservatore Romano, 6 September 2000, and Pope John Paul II's homily at the beatification.