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Additional Reading

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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Anniversary information added. Jul 25, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 12, 2024
Media added. Jan 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Pope Urban VIII. Feb 13, 2022
Media added. Nov 18, 2008
Bibliography revised. Mar 16, 2007
Article revised and updated. Mar 16, 2007
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Pope Urban VIII. Nov 03, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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