Answer: Pope Pius XI birth name was Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti. He reigned from 1922-1938 as Europe recovered from the first World War and sadly, prepared for the second. He witnessed the rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in post-war Germany.

Paul VI was born Giovanni Battista Montini
Pope John Paul I was christened Albino Luciani
Pope Benedict XVI birth name was Joseph Alois Ratzinger

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