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Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, detail of a portrait by Philippe de Champaigne; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
Jules Mazarin was bestowed the cardinal's hat by Pope Urban VIII on December 16, 1641.1