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Caesar Baronius

His Eminence Servant of God
Caesar Baronius
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Cesare Baronio.jpg
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 21 June 1596
Term ended 30 June 1607
Predecessor Gianfrancesco Morosini
Successor Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri
Other posts 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
Birth name Cesare Baronio
Born (1538-08-30)30 August 1538
Sora, Duchy of Sora
Died 30 June 1607(1607-06-30) (aged 68)
Rome, Papal States
Buried Santa Maria in Vallicella
Sainthood
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Title as Saint Venerable
Attributes
  • Cardinal's attire
  • Book
Styles of
Caesar Baronius
External Ornaments of a Cardinal Bishop.svg
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Cesare Baronio (also known as Caesar Baronius; 30 August 1538 – 30 June 1607) was an Italian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian of the Roman Catholic Church. His best-known works are his Annales Ecclesiastici ("Ecclesiastical Annals") which appear in twelve folio volumes (1588–1607). Baronius' cause of canonization has commenced and he has the title of Servant of God. Pope Benedict XIV conferred upon him the title of Venerable but it was found that the late cardinal did not fill the requirements for the advancement in the cause so the title was dropped.

Cesare Baronio was born at Sora in Italy in 1538 as the single child of Camillo Baronio and Porzia Febonia.

He was educated at Veroli and Naples where he commenced his law studies in October 1556. At Rome he obtained his doctorate in canon law and civil law. After this he became a member of the Congregation of the Oratory in 1557 under Philip Neri - future saint - and was ordained to the subdiaconate on 21 December 1560 and later to the diaconate on 20 May 1561. He was then ordained to the priesthood in 1564. He succeeded Neri as superior in 1593.

Pope Clement VIII - whose confessor he was from 1594 - elevated him into the cardinalate on 5 June 1596 and also appointed him as the Librarian of the Vatican. Baronio was given the red hat on 8 June and received status as Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo on 21 June.


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