Maffeo Barberini (1631–1685)
Maffeo Barberini was an Italian nobleman of the Barberini and Prince of Palestrina. He was appointed Gonfalonier of the Church.
Maffeo Barberini (1631–1685)
The House of Barberini is a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in the 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of 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 houses Italy's Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, next to the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi
Barberini coat-of-arms (three bees) surmounted by papal tiara and crossed keys on a coin struck for Pope Urban VIII.
Barberini arms in Rome on a plaque commemorating Urban VIII.
The Palazzo Colonna Barberini in Palestrina; the comune over which various Barberini family members were given control.