Urban VIII was born on April 5, 1568[1], in Florence[2]. He died on July 29, 1644[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5], patron of the arts[6], writer[7], Catholic bishop[8], and jurist[9]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,442 views/month, #7,008 of 1,000,298).[10]
Position held: Pope[15], Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals[16], diocesan bishop[17], titular archbishop[18], Apostolic Nuncio to France[19]
Educated at: University of Pisa[20], Pontifical Gregorian University[21], College of Saint John the Evangelist[22]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[23], Catholicism[24]
Depicted by: Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII[44]
Described by source: BEIC Digital Library[45], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46]
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Urban VIII has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] He is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
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