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Caesar Baronius
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<p>Cesare Baronio, <a href="/facts/Oratory_of_Saint_Philip_Neri/PxFoIWnd">C.O.</a> (as an author also known as Caesar Baronius; 30 August 1538 – 30 June 1607) was an Italian <a href="/facts/Oratory_of_Saint_Philip_Neri/PxFoIWnd">Oratorian</a>, <a href="/facts/Cardinal_(Catholicism)/Acxx5Hd4">cardinal</a> and <a href="/facts/Historian/5DBH5eCb">historian</a> of the <a href="/facts/Catholic_Church/rJ4F4gqH">Catholic Church</a>. His best-known works are his <i><a href="/facts/Annales_Ecclesiastici/bKDU9B3E">Annales Ecclesiastici</a></i> ("Ecclesiastical Annals"), which appeared in 12 folio volumes (1588–1607). He is under consideration for sainthood and, in 1745, <a href="/facts/Pope_Benedict_XIV/pu3fJ2uq">Pope Benedict XIV</a> declared him "<a href="/facts/List_of_venerated_Catholics/Iu8xnL0L">Venerable</a>." </p>