Clement VIII: Another friend of St. Philip Neri, the first Pope to drink Coffee and the conversion of Henry of Navarre.

In this episode of Habemus Papam, Fr. Conrad discusses Clement VIII, who succeeded Pope Innocent IX, who also had short papacy and was also a Friend of St. Philip Neri. You can listen to the podcast about him here.

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Born, Ippolito Aldobrandini on February 24, 1536 to a Florentine family who had a lawyer for a father. He also became a canon lawyer and auditor of the Roman Rota. Ippolito received the sacrament of Holy Orders on December 31, 1580 from the future Pope Leo XI.

Pope Sixtus V appointed Ippolito Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio in 1585. He placed himself under the spiritual direction of Saint Philip Neri.

Pope Innocent IX died in 1591 and a stormy conclave ensured. The conclave elected Ippolito on January 30, 1592 and he took a non-politicized name, Clement VIII.

He had an unlimited capacity for work and a lawyer's eye for detail. In November 1592, Clement published the Clementine Vulgate edition of the bible.