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    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...
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    The Statue of Urban VIII is a large statue from the late 1630s, of the then pope Urban VIII. It was executed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his workshop...
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  • According to the Law of Ukraine No. 317-VIII "About condemning Communist and National-Socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and banning propaganda...
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  • produced titled Zombi VIII: Urban Decay in 2020. The series starts off with Zombi IV: Bakterion and concludes with Zombi VIII: Urban Decay. Zombi IV: Bakterion...
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    Trent ; Published By Order Of Pope St. Pius V. ; And Revised By Clement VIII, Urban VIII, And Leo XIII ; Together With The Offices Since Granted And The Martyrology...
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    Pope Gregory VIII (Latin: Gregorius VIII; c. 1100/1105 – 17 December 1187), born Alberto di Morra, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal...
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    Pope Urban VIII (r. 1623–1644) created seventy-four new cardinals in eight consistories. Francesco Barberini, nephew of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of S...
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  • Pope Urban VI, pope 1378–1389 Pope Urban VII, pope 1590, had the shortest recognized papal reign Pope Urban VIII, pope 1623–1644 This disambiguation...
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    Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224...
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    Pope Boniface VIII (Latin: Bonifatius PP. VIII; born Benedetto Caetani; c. 1230 – 11 October 1303) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the...
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    included Michelangelo and Vasari, as well as the Florentine popes Clement VIII, Urban VIII and Clement XII. After 1540 they were allowed to contermand one execution...
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    the papacy and the French crown, culminating in the death of Pope Boniface VIII after his arrest and maltreatment by Philip IV of France. Following the subsequent...
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    Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII. Their urban palace, the Palazzo Barberini, completed in 1633 by Bernini, today...
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    OT VIII or OT 8 (Operating Thetan Level 8) is the highest current auditing level in Scientology. OT VIII is known as "Truth Revealed" and was first released...
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    Urban legends (sometimes modern legend, urban myth, or simply legend) is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or humorous...
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    Several sculpted busts of Pope Urban VIII were created by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini, with varying amounts of assistance from other artists...
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    Pope Alexander VIII (Italian: Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of...
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  • Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city...
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    intentions. He was succeeded by Gregory VIII. According to the chroniclers Ernoul and Benedict of Peterborough, Urban III died of shock and grief after Joscius...
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  • Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore) (category Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII)
    which Pope Urban VIII was elected. On 30 August 1627 he was created as cardinal deacon in the consistory of 30 August 1627 by Pope Urban VIII and installed...
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  • post-abdication captivity. Allegations blame his successor, Pope Boniface VIII. Boniface VIII (1294–1303), Was in conflict with Philip IV of France and allegedly...
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    In 1623, Galileo's friend Maffeo Barberini was elected as Pope Urban VIII. Urban VIII was an intellectual and patron of the arts and architecture, who...
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    Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII (ex-Municipio XI) of Rome comune, Italy, in the Ostiense quarter of Rome. Its population...
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    repeating that prophecy to Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (the future Pope Urban VIII), as Domenico Bernini reports in his biography of his father. In 1606...
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    Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667–1740) and the Vatican tomb of Pope Alexander VIII. Diane Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87169-252-8. Reardon, 2004, p. 218. Reardon...
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    XIII (1572–1585) Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590) Pope Urban VII (1590) Pope Innocent IX (1591) Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605) Pope Paul V (1605–1621) Pope Gregory...
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    Under its canopy is the high altar of the basilica. Commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, the work began in 1623 and ended in 1634. The baldachin acts as a visual...
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    Saint Longinus (Bernini) (category Pope Urban VIII)
    Vatican City. It is over four meters high and was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, a great patron of Bernini. In 1627 Bernini replaced Carlo Maderno as...
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    Pope Innocent X (category Cardinals created by Pope Urban VIII)
    papal diplomat to Naples, France, and Spain. Pamphili succeeded Pope Urban VIII (1623–44) on 15 September 1644 as Pope Innocent X, after a contentious...
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  • The Triplicane Urban Cooperative Society (TUCS) was started on 1904 in Triplicane, a neighbourhood of Chennai. It was the first consumer cooperative society...
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