- First name
- Francesco
- Last name
- Barberini
- Date of Birth
- 1597
- Date of Death
- 1679
- Born in
- Florence
- Died in
- Rome
Francesco Barberini was a nephew of pope Urban VIII (1568–1644). He was created cardinal in 1623, and later became Grand Inquisitor (1633–79). He was one of the judges in the Galileo trial (1633) who refused to condemn his old family friend. He was founder of a rich library at the palazzo Barberini and patron of intellectuals like Athanasius Kircher. See: I Barberini e la cultural Europea del seicento, 2007.