Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1538)

Caesar Baronius

Italian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian (1538–1607)

Cesare Baronio, C.O. was an Italian Oratorian, cardinal and historian of the Catholic Church. His best-known works are his Annales Ecclesiastici, which appeared in 12 folio volumes (1588–1607). He is under consideration for sainthood and, in 1745, Pope Benedict XIV declared him…