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| | Biography Pope Clement VIII The Papal Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | Clement VIII, of a very illustrious Florentine family, was born on the 24th of February, 1535, in the city of Fano, where his father, Sylvester Aldobrandini, was pontifical governor, having been driven from Florence, where he had been secretary of state, by the enmity of Duke Alexander de' Medici. |
 | | Clement, by the bull Sanctissimus, declared the duchy of Ferrara restored to the Holy See, because, in addition to all other reasons, by the terms of a constitution of Saint Pius V it was forbidden to alienate the property of the Church. |
 | | Clement VIII, on his part, caused the princess to be spoken to by several pious and devout persons; and Sully was charged, without concealing anything from Henry IV, with various measures for ascertaining the inclinations of the king's wife. |
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