She was described by Pope Pius X as "the greatest saint of modern times".

BBC: Saint's remains arrive for tour

In 1903, in Rome, following the death of Pope Leo XIII, Giuseppe Sarto was crowned as Pope Pius X before 70, 000 people.

CNN: Sunday,

Since the reign of Pope Pius X at the beginning of the 20th Century every pope has occupied the palatial penthouse apartment with more than a dozen rooms, staff quarters, a terrace and extensive views over the city of Rome.

BBC: Pope Francis shuns grand apartment for two rooms

His push to return the Society of Pius X, a Catholic splinter group, to the fold in 2009 stumbled badly when the pope lifted an excommunication ban against group's leadership, only to learn after the fact that one of its bishops had given a television interview denying the scope of the Holocaust.

WSJ: Pope Defended Church Teachings

In his desire to bring dissident Catholics back into the mainstream Church, Pope Benedict has been negotiating with a traditionalist Catholic Group based in Switzerland, known as the Society of Saint Pius X, which roundly rejects the reforms of Vatican II.

BBC: Vatican II: Pope Benedict's unfinished business