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Description
Papal bull.
Papal bull of Urban VIII, vellum, lead seal, 22/31 cm, c. 1630.
Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini), Florence 1568, Rome 1644, Pope from 1623 to 1644. A friend of Galileo, it was during his pontificate that Galileo was condemned; Urban VIII had his sentence commuted to house arrest. Jansen’s *Augustinus* was also condemned during his pontificate (1643).
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ID: 88949531
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