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
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.
Pope Innocent X
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Pope Innocent X, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death, in January 1655.
Pope Urban VIII
…and the pope's own brother Antonio Marcello. He also created Giovanni Battista Pamphili as a cardinal, with Pamphili becoming his immediate successor, Pope Innocent X. The pope also created eight of those cardinals whom he had reserved in pectore. In the papal bull Sanctissimus Dominus Noster of 13 March 1625, Urban…
Portrait of Innocent X, by Diego Velázquez (1650, Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome)
Guido Reni's archangel Michael (Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, Rome) tramples a Satan with the vividly recognizable features of Pope Innocent X.
Bronze statue of Innocent X from 1645 to 1649, by Alessandro Algardi.