{"slug": "pope-urban-viii", "label": "Pope Urban VIII", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_VIII", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131579", "qid": "Q131579", "description": "235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)", "entries": 12, "years": 8, "span": [1568, 1644], "span_label": ["1568 CE", "1644 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 9}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "galileo-galilei", "label": "Galileo Galilei", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florence", "label": "Florence", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – Pope Urban VIII (d. 1644)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#Births", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – 1623 papal conclave: Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini) succeeds Pope Gregory XV, as the 235th pope.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#July–September", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – Cardinal Antonio Marcello Barberini informs Galileo Galilei that his brother, the newly-enthroned Pope Urban VIII, wishes to receive a visit from Galileo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#October–December", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Cardinal Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni is appointed as the Governor of Rome by Pope Urban VIII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#April–June", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1633, "year_label": "1633 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. 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