Paul V
Camillo Borghese was pope from 1605 to 1621. He placed Venice under an interdict in 1606 and completed the façade of St Peter’s; his nephew Scipione Borghese assembled a major art collection.
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Key details
Birth: 17 September 1552 Documented
Death: 28 January 1621 Documented
Role: Pope
Dynasty: Borghese · ES
Territories: Papal States (ES)
Recorded relationships
Sources for this profile
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Paul V., Papst
- Treccani · Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
5 recorded claims · 3 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDocumented
17 September 1552
The authority record gives the birth as 1552-09-17. - DeathDocumented
28 January 1621
The authority record gives the death as 1621-01-28.
Family and relationships (0/2 with a precise source)
- FatherPending review
Marcantonio Borghese
A precise source has not yet been added. - MotherPending review
Flaminia Astalli
A precise source has not yet been added.
Governments (0/1 with a precise source)
- GovernmentPending review
Pope · Papal States · 1605–1621
A precise source has not yet been added.
Biographical and contextual references (3)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
