Clement VIII
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Pope Clement VIII |
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| Bishop of Rome | |
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| Elected | 30 January 1592 |
| Papacy began | 2 February 1592 |
| Papacy ended | 3 March 1605 |
| Predecessor | Innocent IX |
| Successor | Leo XI |
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| Ordination | 1580 |
| Consecration | 2 February 1592 by Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza |
| Created Cardinal | 18 December 1585 by Sixtus V |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Ippolito Aldobrandini |
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24 February 1536 Fano, Marche, Papal State |
| Died | 3 March 1605 (aged 69) Rome, Papal State |
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Papal styles of Pope Clement VIII |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | None |
Pope Clement VIII (Latin: Clemens VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was Pope from 2 February 1592 to his death in 1605. Born into 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 a large number of pilgrimages to Rome. He showed little pity for his perceived opponents, presiding over the trial and execution of Giordano Bruno and introducing harsh measures against Jewish inhabitants 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 Santa Maria Maggiore.
He was from a Florentine family, and followed his father as a canon lawyer, becoming an Auditor (judge) of the Roman Rota, the highest ecclesiastical court constituted by the Holy See. He was only ordained as a priest at the age of 45, and rose to Pope in a further 12 years. He was an effective, if sometimes ruthless, administrator.
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