GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
4343
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-4599)
Name
(Maffeo Barberini) Urban VIII
Title
Pope
Gender
Male
Denomination
Catholic
Lived
b. ca. 1568-04-05 d. 1644-07-29 (old)
Linked Sermons
Diui Stephani Protomartyris Laudatio
(autograph: No )
- auditor
In Laudem Protomartyris
(autograph: No )
- auditor
Oratio in Laudem divi Stephani
(autograph: No )
- auditor
In Laudem Diui Stephanum Protomartyris
(autograph: No )
- auditor
Impletum est nomen, siue de Divi Stephani Protomartyris Laudibus
(autograph: No )
- auditor
In Laude S. Stephani Protomartyris
(autograph: No )
- auditor
In Laude S. Stephani Protomartyris
(autograph: Yes )
- auditor
In Laudem Sancti Stephani Protomartiris
(autograph: No )
- auditor
Testimonio Lapidum siue Oratio in Laudem Divi Stephani Protomartiris
(autograph: No )
- auditor
Oratio in Laudem Divi Stephani
(autograph: No )
- auditor
Source of Data
Lucy Underwood
Biographical Sources Consulted
J.N.D. Kelly, A Dictionary of Popes (2nd. ed) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010 [online edn.])
Other note
Pope during much of the Thirty Years War, he attempted to maintain a mediating neutrality, but tended to favour France over Spain. Spent extravagantly beautifying Rome and enriching his relatives. During his reign the theses of Galileo Galilei and of Cornelius Jansen were condemned. His extravagance resulted in popular rejoicing in Rome at his death.
GEMMS record created
March 24, 2024
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024