Clement VIII has founded the Collegio Clementino…
March 1605 CE
Clement VIII has founded the Collegio Clementino for the education of the sons of the richer classes, and augmented the number of national colleges in Rome by opening the Collegio Scozzese for the training of missionaries to Scotland.
Afflicted by gout, the Pope has been forced to spend much of his later life immobilized in bed.
He dies in March of 1605, leaving a reputation for prudence, munificence, ruthlessness and capacity for business.
His reign is especially distinguished by the number and beauty of his medals, and especially tarnished by his role in the brutal execution of Giordano Bruno, one of the great minds of his time.
Clement is buried in St. Peter's Basilica, and later Pope Paul V (1605–21) will have a mausoleum built for him in the Borghese Chapel of Santa Maria Maggiore, where the remains will be transferred in 1646.