Editing Pope Paul V (section)

==Early life==
Camillo Borghese was born in [[Rome]] on 17 September 1550 into the [[Borghese family]] of [[Siena]] which had recently established itself in Rome. He was the eldest of seven sons of the lawyer and Sienese patrician Marcantonio Borghese and his wife Flaminia Astalli, a Roman noblewoman. Camillo was carefully trained in jurisprudence at [[Perugia]] and [[Padua]], and became a canonist of marked ability.<ref name=Loughlin/>

===Cardinal===
In June 1596 Camillo was made the Cardinal-Priest of [[Sant'Eusebio]] and the [[Cardinal Vicar]] of Rome<ref name=Loughlin>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11581b.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Paul V|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref> by [[Pope Clement VIII]], and had as his secretary [[Niccolò Alamanni]]. He then opted for other titular churches like [[San Crisogono]] and [[Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome|Santi Giovanni e Paolo]].

Clement VIII also bestowed upon him [[episcopal consecration]] in 1597 after his appointment as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jesi|Bishop of Jesi]]; the co-consecrators were Cardinal Silvio Savelli (former [[Latin Patriarch of Constantinople]]) and Cardinal [[Francesco Cornaro (1547–1598)|Francesco Cornaro]] (former Bishop of Treviso).<ref>Charles Bransom, Jr., "The Episcopal Lineage of Pope Clement X & Pope Paul V," [http://apostolicsuccession-episcopallineages.blogspot.com/p/theepiscopal-lineage-of-pope-clement-x.html Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church (blog)], retrieved: 14 September 2018.</ref>  Bishop Borghese retained the diocese of Iesi until 1599. He held aloof from all parties and factions, devoting all his spare time to his law-books.