Papal Tombs and Monuments (1559-1655) Part XII

Pope Urban VIII

Maffeo Cardinal Barberini, Cardinal Priest of Sant'Onofrio, former Bishop of Spoleto with the title of Archbishop ad personam, Prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice, Camerlengo of the Sacred College. Elected Bishop of Rome on 6 August 1623 in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, taking the name Urban VIII, and was crowned on 29 September.

Pope Urban VIII died on 29 July 1644 in Rome, in the 21st year of his pontificate. He was buried on 31 July in the Patriarchal Vatican Basilica.