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When did Pope Clement VIII become Pope?

  • 2 February 1592

  • 1 January 1590

  • 15 March 1595

  • 10 April 1593

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Pope Clement VIII became Pope on February 2, 1592. He was the 231st pope of the Catholic Church. His papacy lasted from 1592 until his death in 1605. During his papacy, he oversaw the completion of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, which had been started by Michelangelo under Pope Sixtus IV.
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