Urban VIII
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(Maffeo Barberini) 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623–44.
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original name Maffeo Barberini. 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1623–44) during the Thirty Years’ War, in which he supported Richelieu against the Hapsburgs
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