Pope Clement VIII

Papal styles of
**Pope Clement VIII**
Papal styles of; Pope Clement VIII
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father

Pope

Clement VIII
Pope; Clement VIII
Bishop of Rome
	Portrait by an unknown Italian artist, 17th century
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	30 January 1592
Papacy ended	3 March 1605
Predecessor	Innocent IX
Successor	Leo XI
Orders
Ordination	31 December 1580
Consecration	2 February 1592; by Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza
Created cardinal	18 December 1585; by Sixtus V
Personal details
Born	Ippolito Aldobrandini; 24 February 1536; Fano, Marche, Papal States
Died	3 March 1605 (aged 69); Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)	Auditor of the Roman Rota (1569); Apostolic Datary (1585–1592); Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio fuori le Mura (1586–1592); Apostolic Penitentiary (1586–1592); Legate a latere in Poland (1588–1589);
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	Other popes named Clement

Pope Clement VIII (Latin: Clemens VIII; Italian: Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1592 to his death, in March 1605.

Born in Fano, Italy^[4] to a prominent Florentine family, he initially came to prominence as a canon lawyer before being made a Cardinal-Priest in 1585. In 1592 he was elected Pope and took the name of Clement. During his papacy he effected the reconciliation of Henry IV of France to the Catholic faith and was instrumental in setting up an alliance of Christian nations to oppose the Ottoman Empire in the so-called Long War. He also successfully adjudicated in a bitter dispute between the Dominicans and the Jesuits on the issue of efficacious grace and free will. In 1600 he presided over a jubilee which saw many pilgrimages to Rome. He presided over the trial and execution of Giordano Bruno and implemented strict measures against Jewish residents of the Papal States. He may have been the first pope to drink coffee.

Clement VIII died at the age of 69 in 1605 and his remains now rest in the Roman church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

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^ "Guiding Principles of the Lay Apostolate". 5 October 1957.
^ Taunton, Ethelred Luke (1906). "The Law of the Church: A Cyclopaedia of Canon Law for English-speaking Countries".
^ "Clement VIII". w2.vatican.va.

[1] ttp://www.jgray.org/codes/1917CIC.txt ^{[bare URL plain text file]}

[2] "Guiding Principles of the Lay Apostolate". 5 October 1957.

[3] Taunton, Ethelred Luke (1906). "The Law of the Church: A Cyclopaedia of Canon Law for English-speaking Countries".

[4] "Clement VIII". w2.vatican.va.

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