Paolo (Paulus Jovius) Giovio, an Italian Latin historian, born in Como, April 19, 1483, died in Florence, Dec. 11, 1552. He studied at Pa via, abandoned medical for historical inquiries, was protected by Popes Leo X. and Clement VII., by Charles V. and Francis I., wielded a venal pen, was loaded with honors and favors, and having lost all that he possessed when in 1527 Rome was sacked by the army of the constable of Bourbon, was rewarded with the bishopric of Nocera. His most important work is a History of his own Time" in 45 books, 6 of which are wanting. His veracity is not to be relied on.