Urban VIII

noun

1. Maffeo Barberini, 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623–44.

Urban VIII

noun

1. Urban VIII15681644MItalianRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: pope original name Maffeo Barberini. 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1623–44) during the Thirty Years' War, in which he supported Richelieu against the Hapsburgs