Pope Urban VIII
Maffeo Barberini consecrated the new Saint Peter’s in 1626, and was Bernini’s great patron, commissioning the bronze baldacchino over the high altar. His pontificate also saw the trial of Galileo in 1633, a matter long regretted by the Church.
- Pontificate
- 6 August 1623 – 29 July 1644 (20 years, 11 months)
- Birth name
- Maffeo Virginio Romolo Barberini
- Born
- 15 April 1568, Florence
- Died
- 29 July 1644, Rome
- Preceded by
- Pope Gregory XV
- Succeeded by
- Pope Innocent X
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