Pope Paul V
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Pope Paul V |
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Pope Paul V by Caravaggio.
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| Papacy began | 16 May 1605 |
| Papacy ended | 28 January 1621 |
| Predecessor | Leo XI |
| Successor | Gregory XV |
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| Consecration | 27 May 1597 by Clement VIII |
| Created Cardinal | 5 June 1596 by Clement VIII |
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| Birth name | Camillo Borghese |
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17 September 1550 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | 28 January 1621 (aged 70) Rome, Papal States |
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| Motto | Absit nisi in te gloriari (Far, but in your glory) |
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Papal styles of Pope Paul V |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | None |
Pope Paul V (Latin: Paulus V; Italian: Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was Pope from 16 May 1605 to his death in 1621. He is best remembered today as the Pope who persecuted Galileo Galilei.
Camillo Borghese was born on 17 September 1550 into the noble Borghese family of Siena which had recently fled to Rome, thus the reason as to why ROMANUS appears in most of his inscriptions. He began his career as a lawyer educated at Perugia and then in Padua.
In June 1596 he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio and the Cardinal Vicar of Rome by Pope Clement VIII, and had as his secretary Niccolò Alamanni. During this time, he opted for other titular churches like San Crisogono and Santi Giovanni e Paolo.
Clement VIII also bestowed upon him episcopal consecration in 1597 after his appointment as Bishop of Jesi, retaining that post until 1599.
When Pope Leo XI died, 1605, Cardinal Borghese became Pope over a number of candidates including Caesar Baronius and Roberto Cardinal Bellarmine; his neutrality in the factional times made him an ideal compromise candidate. In character he was very stern and unyielding, a lawyer rather than diplomat, who defended the privileges of the Church to his utmost. His first act was to send home to their sees the bishops who were sojourning in Rome, for the Council of Trent had insisted that every bishop reside in his diocese. Soon after his accession as Pope Paul V, Borghese determined to humiliate Venice, as his predecessor had done, for attempting to preserve its independence from the papacy in the administration of its government.
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