This article is about the death of Pope Urban VIII, who was the head of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644. He was a major figure in the Counter-Reformation and was known for his patronage of the arts and sciences. He was also responsible for the construction of the
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Pope Urban VIII, born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking, and was also a prominent patron of the arts, commissioning works from artists like Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and a reformer of Church missions. His papacy also covered 21 years of the Thirty Years' War.