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...

repeating that prophecy to Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (the future Pope Urban VIII), as Domenico Bernini reports in his biography of his father. In 1606...

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...

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...

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...

Chief World Systems (1632), which appeared to attack and ridicule Pope Urban VIII, thus alienating both the Pope and the Jesuits, who had both strongly...

XXIII, St. Pius X, Innocent VIII, Leo XI, Innocent XI, Pius VII, Pius VIII, Alexander VII, Alexander VIII, Paul III, Urban VIII, Clement X, Clement XIII...

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...

been the favourite artist of the previous and profligate Barberini pope, Urban VIII. Without papal patronage, the services of Bernini's studio were therefore...

beatification, the right of which they had certainly possessed hitherto, Pope Urban VIII issued the Apostolic letter Caelestis Hierusalem cives of 5 July 1634...

Bernini's friend and protector Maffeo Barberini was elected pope, as Pope Urban VIII. The sculpture shows a scene from the Old Testament First Book of Samuel...

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...

The following Holy Year was proclaimed by Pope Clement VIII in 1600. In 1625, Pope Urban VIII opened the ceremonial doors for the jubilee year. However...

abutted the Pantheon on the east and were lost. In the early 17th century, Urban VIII Barberini tore away the bronze ceiling of the portico, and replaced the...

madre, figlia del tuo figlio" ("Virgin mother, daughter of your son"). Urban VIII granted the venerated Marian image a decree of canonical coronation via...

Cardinals governing a particular church retain that church. In 1630, Pope Urban VIII decreed their title to be Eminence (previously, it had been "illustrissimo"...

saints. Pope Lucius III canonized four saints. Pope Urban III did not canonize any saints. Pope Gregory VIII did not canonize any saints. Pope Clement III canonized...

Proserpina, Apollo and Daphne has a cartouche with a moral aphorism by Pope Urban VIII. Attributing Christian moral value to a pagan subject was a way of justifying...

was also honoured in this monument. Gregory XV was succeeded by Pope Urban VIII. Cardinals created by Gregory XV Ludovisi The dispute eventually led to...

Italian composer Gregorio Allegri. It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for the exclusive use of the Sistine Chapel...

located at the foot of the Spanish Steps. It was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII and built in 1627. He also contributed to the Fountain of Neptune, Naples...

throne was a gift from Emperor of the Romans Charles the Bald to Pope John VIII in 875. It has been studied many times over the years, most recently between...

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...

"Blesseds". Local bishops had the power of beatifying until 1634, when Pope Urban VIII, in the apostolic constitution Cœlestis Jerusalem of 6 July, reserved...

thirteen members of the congregation, became the next pope as Urban VIII (1623–1644). Under Urban VIII, a central seminary, the Collegium Urbanum, was established...

ideas after the trial. The affair was complex since very early on Pope Urban VIII had been a patron to Galileo and had given him permission to publish on...

sacrament of penance was printed in Holland in 1627 with a dedication to Pope Urban VIII. After his promotion to the cardinalate, he received private lessons from...

Urban VIII man Italy he was the pope's nephew 1634 St. Peter's Basilica Urban VIII church Italy 1635 Maria Anna, Electress of Bavaria Urban VIII woman...

election to the papacy in 1623, Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini took the name Pope Urban VIII and appointed Bernini as the principal artist for the papal court in Rome...

Memorial Inscription for Pope Urban VIII Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome 1636 Sculpture Marble 37 Statue of Pope Urban VIII Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome...