Pope Clement VIII - 231st Pope || A Journey Through Apostolic Succession ||

Описание: John 13:20 Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”Jesus says, “he who receives anyone who I send, receives Me.” He who receives the apostles, receives Christ Himself. He who rejects the apostles and their successors, rejects Christ.

So today we hear about our 231 Pope in Apostolic succession, that is Pope Clement VIII. He reigned for more than 13 years. His papacy began in 1592 and ended in 1605 when he died.


Few Facts

Ippolito Aldobrandini was born on February 24, 1536, in Fano, Marche. His father worked as a canon lawyer and this led the young man to attend college to study canon law and later work as a judge for the Holy See in the highest court of the time.

In 1580, Aldobrandini was ordained a priest. Under Sixtus V he rose rapidly, holding many responsible positions before being named a cardinal-priest in 1585.

When Pope Innocent lX passed away, Ippolito was elected to be the next Pope on January 30, 1592 and chose the name Clement VIll.

Contributions of Pope Clement VIII

During his reign In 1595 , the Synod of Brest, in Lithuania was held by which a great part of the Ruthenian clergy and people were reunited to Rome. In 1598, Pope Clement won more credit when he successfully negotiated a peace treaty between Spain and France, known as the Peace of Vervins.
In 1599 he appointed Francis de Sales,as bishop of Geneva, thereby advancing the faith in Switzerland. He made Robert Bellarmine a cardinal and enjoyed a close friendship with his confessor, Philip Neri, for over thirty years. All of these men were later canonized.
The jubilee of 1600 was a brilliant witness to the glories of the renovated papacy. Three million pilgrims visiting the holy places. Additionally, the massive work he did of refurbishing St. John Lateran was a testimony to his papacy.
Though vast political problems clamoured for solution, the pope turned his attention to the more important spiritual interests of the Church. He made a personal visitation to all the churches and the educational and charitable institutions of Rome, where he eliminated abuses and enforced discipline everywhere. To him we owe the institution of the Forty Hours' Devotion. At Rome, he founded the Collegio Clementino for education and augmented the number of national colleges in Rome by opening the Collegio Scozzese for the training of missionaries to Scotland.


He died in 1605 and was buried in St. Peter’s Basilica. The next successor to the papal throne was Pope Leo XI.