Editing Pope Paul V (section)

===Election===
{{main|May 1605 papal conclave}}
When [[Pope Leo XI]] died, 1605, Cardinal Borghese became pope over a number of candidates including [[Caesar Baronius]] and [[Robert Bellarmine]]; his neutrality in the factional times made him an ideal compromise candidate.<ref>Baumgartner, Frederic J., ''Behind Locked Doors'', (2003) Palgrave Macmillan, p. 141</ref> 

In character he was very stern and unyielding, a lawyer rather than diplomat, who defended the privileges of the Church to his utmost. His first act was to send home to their [[diocese|see]]s the bishops who were sojourning in Rome, for the [[Council of Trent]] had insisted that every bishop reside in his diocese.<ref name=Loughlin/>

{{Infobox popestyles|
|image      = C o a Paulus V.svg
|dipstyle   = His Holiness
|offstyle   = Your Holiness
|relstyle   = Holy Father
|deathstyle = None
}}