. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . historiography andmerited for itsaut hor, after Euse-bius, the title of aFather of Ecclesi-astical Historj. Baronius wasdescended fromthe Neapolitanbranch of a oncepowerful family,whose name, deB a r o n o , waschanged by Cesarehimself to theRoman form, Ba-ronitis. His par-ents, humble citi-zens of Sora inthe Sabines, somesixty miles eastof Rome, couldbestow no ances-tral wealth andpower upon theironly son. He was,however, to pos-sess qualities which b
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . historiography andmerited for itsaut hor, after Euse-bius, the title of aFather of Ecclesi-astical Historj. Baronius wasdescended fromthe Neapolitanbranch of a oncepowerful family,whose name, deB a r o n o , waschanged by Cesarehimself to theRoman form, Ba-ronitis. His par-ents, humble citi-zens of Sora inthe Sabines, somesixty miles eastof Rome, couldbestow no ances-tral wealth andpower upon theironly son. He was,however, to pos-sess qualities which better proclaim nobility—adeeply religious spirit, a charity to which selfishnesswas painfully repugnant, a firmness of will tempered inhumble obedience, and a keenness and vigour of mindscrupulously dedicated to the cause of truth. Thesequalities distinguished Baronius as a peer in sanctityand scholarship among many saintly and learnedcontemporaries. He inherited his more of character from his father. Camillo, a worldlyand ambitious man, whose strong will and tenacityof purpose were one day to clash with like qualitie?. Cesare B BARONIUS 305 BARONIUS in his equally determined son. To the influence ofhis pious and charitable mother, Portia Phaebonia,whose devotion to Cesares religious interests wasintensified by wha<: she considered liis miraculousdeliverance from death in infancy, he owed his con-spicuous tender qualities and childlike simphcityof faith. To this latter was due his vivid realizationof Gods guidance, vouchsafed often in visions anddreams. Baronius received his early education fromhis intelligent parents and in the schools of nearbyVeroli. His intense love of study and intellectualmaturity encouraged his father to send him, at theage of eighteen, to the school of law at , after a few months, the confusion due to theFranco-Spanish war for Italian dominion compelledhim to remove to Rome, where, in , he becamea pupil of
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