Maffeo Barberini (1631–1685)
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Maffeo Barberini was an Italian nobleman of the Barberini and Prince of Palestrina. He was appointed Gonfalonier of the Church.
Portrait of Prince Maffeo Barberini by Carlo Maratta, 1670/71
Maffeo Barberini bust c. 1685 by Lorenzo Ottoni
Pope Urban VIII
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Pope 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 b
Maffeo Barberini (1631–1685)
…cardinal Carlo Barberini and Lucrezia Barberini who married Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena. His great uncle (on his father's side) was Barberini Pope Urban VIII. Between 1639 and 1649, the Barberini fought the Wars of Castro alongside the Pamphili family. Maffeo's father, Taddeo, and Luigi Mattei led the papal…
Portrait by Pietro da Cortona, c. 1624–27 (oil on canvas, Capitoline Museums)
c. 1598 painting of Maffeo Barberini at age 30 by Caravaggio.
Gold quadrupla coin of Pope Urban VIII, struck at the Avignon mint, dated 1629
The icon of the La Madonna della Febbre which was crowned in 1631 making it as the first Marian image to receive a pontifical coronation.