The Ring on Her Finger

When Giuseppe Sarto was ordained a bishop, his mother observed his ring. Then, pointing to her own, she reminded him, “My son, if I had not had this, you would not have had that.”

Giuseppe Cardinal Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, before he became pope

Pope St. Pius X

Margherita Sanson Sarto, mother of Pius X

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