# Pope Clement VIII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-clement-viii
Pontificate: 30 January 1592 – 3 March 1605
Number in the papal list: 231
Born-Died: 1536 - 1605-03-03
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VIII

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).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Innocent IX](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-innocent-ix)
- Next in list: [Pope Leo XI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-leo-xi)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1596 - [Union of Brest](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1596-union-of-brest)
- 1597 - [Martyrs of Japan](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1597-martyrs-of-japan)
- 1598 - [Edict of Nantes](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1598-edict-of-nantes)
- 1600 - [Execution of Giordano Bruno](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1600-execution-of-giordano-bruno)