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Urban VIII

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Urban VIII

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Also known as Maffeo Barberini, Pope Urban VIII, Urbanus VIII

235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)

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Urban VIII was the pope who led the Catholic Church from 1623 until his death in 1644, a period when the Church faced significant challenges from the Protestant Reformation and internal reform movements. He is historically notable for his role in major religious and political events of the 17th century, including his complex relationship with the scientific community—most famously his conflict with Galileo over the heliocentric theory.

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Born
1568
Died
1644
Works
27

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  • An answer to Pope Vrban his inurbanity
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  • Totius cleri Gallicani, Lutetiae congregati, ad sanctissimum D.D. nostrum Vrbanum VIII pont. maximum, epistola
  • Poesie toscane del card. Maffeo Barberino hoggi papa Vrbano ottavo
  • Breviarium Romanum

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Florence
Place of death
Rome
Sibling
Carlo Barberini
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Languages spoken
Italian
Religion
Catholicism
Participant in
1623 papal conclave
Family
House of Barberini
Academic degree
Doctor of Laws
Image
Pietro da Cortona - Portrait of Urban VIII (ca. 1624-1627) - Google Art Project - edited.jpg
Work location
Papal States
Residence
Florence
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date of birth
1568-04-15
date of death
1644-07-29
topic's main category
Category:Pope Urban VIII
Commons category
Urbanus VIII
birth name
Maffeo Virginio Romolo Barberini
depicted by
Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
relative
Francesco Barberini
academic major
legal science
cause of death
cerebrovascular disease
place of burial
St. Peter's Basilica
described by source
Wikitólica
name in native language
Urbanus PP. VIII
has works in the collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
start of work period
1604-01-01
end of work period
1644-01-01
P13311
Selkirk Rex
Commons Creator page
Urban VIII
manner of death
natural causes
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7 objects attributed to Urban VIII, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Universal Iubilee as plenissimo as the Holy Year: us Don Francisco Navarro de Eugui... Bishop of Huesca... let us know that our mui Santo Padre Urbano Papa VIII, in twenty, i two of November of last year one thousand six hundred and twenty, i nuebe, granted a universal Iubilee..

Universal Iubilee as plenissimo as the Holy Year: us Don Francisco Navarro de Eugui... Bishop of Huesca... let us know that our mui Santo Padre Urbano Papa VIII, in twenty, i two of November of last year one thousand six hundred and twenty, i nuebe, granted a universal Iubilee..

Sacra Congregatione ritum ... Cardinali Barberino parente hispaniorum, siuè Cartaginen concesionis, & approbationis officii propii S. Fulgentii episcopi Cartaginen ...

Sacra Congregatione ritum ... Cardinali Barberino parente hispaniorum, siuè Cartaginen concesionis, & approbationis officii propii S. Fulgentii episcopi Cartaginen ...

Missale romanum : ex decr. Sacr. Concilii Tridentini restitutum : Sancti Pii Papae Quinti iussu editum, Summorum Pontificum Clementis VIII, et Urbani itidem VIII, auctoritate recognitum, et novis missis ex indulto apostolico hucusque concessis auctum

Missale romanum : ex decr. Sacr. Concilii Tridentini restitutum : Sancti Pii Papae Quinti iussu editum, Summorum Pontificum Clementis VIII, et Urbani itidem VIII, auctoritate recognitum, et novis missis ex indulto apostolico hucusque concessis auctum

[In iubileo S.D.N. Urbani Pap. VIII hoc anno 1628].

[In iubileo S.D.N. Urbani Pap. VIII hoc anno 1628].

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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Urban VIII (Latin: Urbanus VIII; Italian: Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking, and was also a prominent patron of the arts, commissioning works from artists like Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and a reformer of Church missions. His papacy also covered 21 years of the Thirty Years' War.

The massive debts incurred during his pontificate greatly weakened his successors, who were unable to maintain the papacy's longstanding political and military influence in Europe. He was also an opponent of Copernicanism and was involved in the Galileo affair, which saw the astronomer tried for heresy. He is the last pope to date to take the papal name Urban.

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