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231st Roman Pontiff
Clement VIII
CLEMENS Octavus
Ippolito Aldobrandini
231st Successor of St Peter · 1592–1605 · Italy · b. Fano, Papal States
1592
Elected
1605
Reign ended
13 years
Length
16th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Initiated an alliance of European Christian powers to partake in the war with the Ottoman Empire known as the Long War (1595). Convened the Congregatio de Auxiliis, addressing the doctrinal disputes between the Dominicans and Jesuits regarding free will and divine grace.
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