Clement VIII, pope

Clement VIII, 1536–1605, pope (1592–1605), a Florentine named Ippolito Aldobrandini; successor of Innocent IX. He reversed the policy of his predecessors by allying the Holy See with France rather than with Spain, which had assumed a dictatorial attitude over the papacy. Clement absolved Henry IV Henry IV, 1553–1610, king of France (1589–1610) and, as Henry III, of Navarre (1572–1610), son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d'Albret ; first of the Bourbon kings of France.
..... Click the link for more information. of France after his abjuration of Protestantism, and the two rulers were thereafter on most friendly terms. Clement was distinguished for his piety, and he labored for the improvement of the clergy and of the charitable institutions of Rome. His confessors were St. Philip Neri Philip Neri, Saint (nā`rē), 1515–95, Italian reformer. His original name was Filippo Romolo de' Neri.
..... Click the link for more information. and Baronius Baronius, Caesar (bərō`nēəs), 1538–1607, Italian ecclesiastical historian, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
..... Click the link for more information. , whom he created cardinal. He was succeeded by Leo XI.

Peter's but were then moved elsewhere, among them: Eugene IV, Callistus III, Pius II, Alexander VI, Leo X, Hadrian VI, Pius IV, Pius V, Clement VIII, Paul V, Gregory XV, Innocent X, Clement IX, Benedict XIII, and Clement XIV.

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Some early martyrologies gave him a Feast Day of December 4, but Pope Clement VIII (1536-1605) cancelled this on the advice of ecclesiastical historian Cesare Baronius (1538-1607).

Clement of Alexandria by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight

One such villa, the Belvedere, was acquired by Pope Clement VIII Aldobrandini (1592-1605) and developed by his cardinal-nephew Pietro Aldobrandini.

Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome: Villa Culture at ... by Roemer, Robert E. / Renaissance Quarterly

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