Urban VIII

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W.N. Weech, Urban VIII (1905); A. Kraus, Das päpstliche Staatssekretariat unter Urban VIII, 1623–1644 (1964). Laurie Nussdorfer, Civic Politics in the Rome of Urban VIII (1992); Rivka Feldhay, Galileo and the Church (1995).

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 25, 2026
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 12, 2024
	Media added.	Meg Matthias	Jan 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Pope Urban VIII.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 13, 2022
	Media added.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Nov 18, 2008
	Bibliography revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 16, 2007
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 16, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Pope Urban VIII.	Gita Liesangthem	Nov 03, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998