Pope urban viii biography for kids

Bithday 05 April Nationality Italian. Famous as Pope. Pope Leo X Pope. Born: 11 December Italian. Born: AD Italian. Born: 14 August Italian. Pope Celestine V Pope. Pope Paul II Pope. Born: 23 February Italian. Pope Pius V Pope. Born: 17 January Italian. Instead, it elected Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pamphili, who took the name of Innocent X , as his successor at the papal conclave of The play features an imaginary meeting between the Pope and the composer Monteverdi.

Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikisource Wikidata item. Head of the Catholic Church from to For his great-nephew, see Maffeo Barberini — Portrait by Gian Lorenzo Bernini , c. Barberino Val d'Elsa , Duchy of Florence.

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Pope urban viii biography for kids

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ISBN Retrieved 30 November In Kirk, Stephanie; Rivett, Sarah eds. Religious Transformations in the Early Modern Americas. University of Pennsylvania Press. Since the nineteenth century, it has become common for books of popular devotion to carry a disclaimer. One read in part: "In obedience to the decrees of Urban the Eighth, I declare that I have no intention of attributing any other than a purely human authority to the miracles, revelations, favours, and particular cases recorded in this book Urban VIII's military involvement was aimed less at the restoration of Catholicism in Europe than at adjusting the balance of power to favour his own independence in Italy.

In , the duchy of Urbino was incorporated into the papal dominions, and, in , when the direct male line of the Gonzagas in Mantua became extinct, he controversially favoured the succession of the Duke Charles of Nevers against the claims of the Habsburgs. Castro was destroyed and its duchy incorporated into the Papal States. Urban VIII was the last pope to extend the papal territory.

For the purposes of making cannon and the baldacchino in St Peters, massive bronze girders were pillaged from the portico of the Pantheon leading to the well known lampoon: quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini, "what the barbarians did not do, the Barberini did. Urban VIII expended vast sums bringing polymaths like Athanasius Kircher to Rome and funding various substantial works by the sculptor and architect Bernini , from whom he had already commissioned Boy with a Dragon around and who was particularly favored during Urban VIII's reign.

As well as several portrait busts of Urban, Urban commissioned Bernini to work on the family palace in Rome, the Palazzo Barberini, the College of the Propaganda Fide, the Fontana del Tritone in the Piazza Barberini, the baldacchino and cathedra in St Peter's Basilica and other prominent structures in the city. Numerous members of Barberini's family also had their likeness caught in stone by Bernini, such as his brothers Carlo and Antonio.

One of the most eulogistic of these artistic works in its celebration of his reign, is the huge Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power painted by Pietro da Cortona on the ceiling of the large salon of the Palazzo Barberini. Another such acquisition, in a vast collection, was the purchase of the 'Barberini vase'. The discovery of the vase is described by Pietro Santi Bartoli and referenced on page 28 of a book on The Portland Vase.

Pietro Bartoli indicates that the vase contained the ashes of the Roman Emperor. However, this together with the interpretations of the scenes depicted on it are the source of countless theories and disputed 'facts'. The vase remained in the Barberini family collection for some years before passing through the hands of Sir William Hamilton Ambassador to the Royal Court in Naples.

It was later sold to the Duke and Duchess of Portland , and has subsequently been known as the Portland Vase. Following catastrophic damage, this glass vase BC has been reconstructed three times and resides in the British Museum. The Portland vase itself was borrowed and near copied by Josiah Wedgewood who appears to have added modesty drapery.

The vase formed the basis of Jasperware. A consequence of these military and artistic endeavours was a massive increase in papal debt.