Antonio Barberini Research Paper

Antonio Barberini SR Antonio Barberini is the younger brother of Maffeo Barberini, who became pope in 1623. In 1624 he made a cardinal and spent the whole day in religious devotions in Rome and eventually became a secretary after being an Inquisitor in 1629 following the death of Gian Garzia Millini. Barberini “conducted the final phase of Galileo’s trial” and sought to dominate his order with illegal actions such as appointing “one of its friars as consultor to the Inquisition” forcefully. At his direction, The Capuchin church of the Immaculate Conception was built, and inside his tombstone reads “Here ashes and dust and nothing.” With Catholicism easily being assumed as heavy in Antionio Barberini’s family, you can assume him of having very traditional views. With the claims that Galileo is making about the Sun being the center of the universe, you can see how he will fight against him to defend his church. Barberini is even described as taking illegal action to bring in other religious members to defend the church. As with his interesting tombstone, I don’t know whether to take that as him feeling ashamed of what he has done of feeling that his soul is happy to leave his body (nothing, dust, and ashes).

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Although he was one of the poorest attenders during Galileo’s trial, he was an Inquisitor in 1624. Barberini was later appointed secretary for life and took the position in 1634. Despite “failures on several important diplomatic missions early in his career,” his real power base was as secretary of state where he served just short of fifty years. Much of his immense wealth came from his position as Vice-Chamberlin of the Church. His brother served as cardinal with him, but this did create conflict between his brother and the other cardinal and