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Showing posts with label Francesco Barberini. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Francesco Barberini. Show all posts

5 August 2019

Antonio Barberini – Cardinal

Pope’s nephew amassed fortune and became patron of the arts Carlo Maratta's portrait of Antonio Barberini as an older man Cathol...

30 January 2019

Feast of Saint Martina of Rome

The day Pope Urban VIII’s own hymns are sung Saint Martina as portrayed in Pietro da Cortona's Saint Martina Refuses to Adore the...

23 September 2018

Francesco Barberini – Cardinal

Patron of the arts sympathised with Galileo Francesco Barberini knew Galileo from his days as a student at the University of Pisa F...

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