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Urban VIII.
1568 – 1644
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryPope Urban VIII, 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 5, 1568
Florence
Date of death
July 29, 1644
Rome
Occupations & fields
Catholic priestpatron of the artswriterCatholic bishopjurist
- Field and occupation
- 235. pápež katolíckej cirkvi
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