Maffeo Barberini was born on April 5, in Florence. His father, Antonio Barberini, was a famous and very rich nobleman in Florence, but he died when Maffeo was only three years old. He moved to Rome with his mother, Camilla Barbadoro, when he was six years old. While he was a young, he lived with his uncle, Francesco Barberini, who was prothonotary Apostolic at that time, and he had a very great influence to the young Maffeo.
Maffeo Barberini was educated at the “Collegio Romano” under the direction of the Jesuits priests. In the year 1589, when he was only 22, he gained the diploma from Pisa University and became Doctor of Law sciences. A year after he gained his diploma, he returned to Rome and he became abbreviator for Pope and referendary …show more content…
His brother and two other nephews were made cardinals, and many other not so close members of his family were advanced in the Church hierarchy.
Pope Urban VIII is also known for some to a certain extent unorthodox beliefs. Through his war years, he was always in some kind of fear that others can hurt him, so he decides to turn to magic and magicians for protection. He even forces them to perform some kind of “protective” ceremony in the Vatican City to move away evil spirits. He also has horoscopes drawn up for significant figures so as to know accurately when they would die. In spite of his own affinity for such unorthodox ideas, Pope Urban VIII did not hesitate to express disapproval of the ideas of Galileo or censure a book by Conelius Janesen.
Also, the Pope Urban VIII was a huge promoter of the art and artist of that time. He was also the leading patron of the significant Baroque sculptor and builder Gian Lorenzo Bernini, some of whose most beautiful works he commissioned, together with the Triton Fountain, loggias of St. Peter’s, Rome, and Urban’s tomb in the
Maffeo Barberini was educated at the “Collegio Romano” under the direction of the Jesuits priests. In the year 1589, when he was only 22, he gained the diploma from Pisa University and became Doctor of Law sciences. A year after he gained his diploma, he returned to Rome and he became abbreviator for Pope and referendary …show more content…
His brother and two other nephews were made cardinals, and many other not so close members of his family were advanced in the Church hierarchy.
Pope Urban VIII is also known for some to a certain extent unorthodox beliefs. Through his war years, he was always in some kind of fear that others can hurt him, so he decides to turn to magic and magicians for protection. He even forces them to perform some kind of “protective” ceremony in the Vatican City to move away evil spirits. He also has horoscopes drawn up for significant figures so as to know accurately when they would die. In spite of his own affinity for such unorthodox ideas, Pope Urban VIII did not hesitate to express disapproval of the ideas of Galileo or censure a book by Conelius Janesen.
Also, the Pope Urban VIII was a huge promoter of the art and artist of that time. He was also the leading patron of the significant Baroque sculptor and builder Gian Lorenzo Bernini, some of whose most beautiful works he commissioned, together with the Triton Fountain, loggias of St. Peter’s, Rome, and Urban’s tomb in the