Caesar Baronius

Venerable Cesare Baronio CO
Cardinal Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Church	Catholic Church
Appointed	21 June 1596
Term ended	30 June 1607
Predecessor	Gianfrancesco Morosini
Successor	Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri
Other post(s)	Librarian of the Vatican Library (1597 – 1607)
Orders
Ordination	27 May 1564
Created cardinal	5 June 1596 by Pope Clement VIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Cesare Baronio 30 August 1538 Sora, Duchy of Sora
Died	30 June 1607(1607-06-30) (aged 68) Rome, Papal States
Buried	Santa Maria in Vallicella

Styles of Caesar Baronius
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Cesare Baronio, C.O. (as an author also known as Caesar Baronius; 30 August 1538 – 30 June 1607) was an Italian Oratorian, cardinal and historian of the Catholic Church. His best-known works are his Annales Ecclesiastici ("Ecclesiastical Annals"), which appeared in 12 folio volumes (1588–1607). He is under consideration for sainthood and, in 1845, Pope Benedict XIV declared him Venerable.