5 March 1605 A.D. Mr. Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldbrandini) Dies—Rome’s 231st Senior Presbyter; France’s Henry of Navarre Abjures Reformed Theology; Jesuits v. Dominicans; Gunpowder Plot in London
5 March 1605 A.D. Mr. Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldbrandini) Dies—Rome’s 231 st Senior Presbyter; France’s Henry of Navarre Abjures Reformed Theology; Jesuits v. Dominicans; Gunpowder Plot in London Loughlin, James. "Pope Clement VIII." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04027a.htm . Accessed 30 Sept 2014. Mr. Clement VIII (IPPOLITO ALDOBRANDINI). Born at Fano , March, 1536, of a distinguished Florentine family ; died at Rome , 5 March, 1605. He was elected pope 30 January, 1592, after a stormy conclave graphically described by Ranke (Geschichte der römischen Päpste, 9th ed., II, 150 sqq.). In his youth he made excellent progress in jurisprudence under the direction of his father , an able jurist. Through the stages of consistorial ...