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Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli was born on March 2, , in Rome, Italy to parents Filippo and Virginia Pacelli (nee Graziosi).

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Pacelli was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in , consecrated as a bishop in , and was eventually made a Cardinal in He was elected Pope by his fellow Cardinals on March 2, , following the death of his predecessor, Pope Pius XI. Pius XII died on October 9, , at the age of

Diplomatic background

Pacelli had a good grounding in diplomatic and state affairs.

He was appointed to the Vatican Secretariat of State as a priest and he represented the Vatican on a number of occasions by meeting various world leaders and dignitaries. He was involved in the Vatican&#;s negotiations and interventions that tried to bring World War I to an end. He was familiar with Germany and German politics because he lived there for several years as Apostolic Nuncio (a diplomatic post in the Vatican that is equivalent to an ambassador) between and Pope Pius XII Biography - Famous People in the World HEB