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» Biography.com: Pius IX
   Brief biographical profile of Pio Nono.
   http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9442216

» Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope Pius IX
   Biography of this pope, who died in 1878.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12134b.htm

» 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.
   http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20000903_pius-ix_en.html

» Patron Saints Index: Pius IX
   Illustrated profile. Includes a list of people he beatified or canonized.
   http://saints.sqpn.com/saintp0l.htm

» Popes Through the Ages: Pius IX
   Short account of his pontificate.
   http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp253.htm

» 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]
   http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=2118