Gregorian mission

Maffeo Barberini was born on April 5, in Florence. His father, Antonio Barberini, was a famous and very rich nobleman in Florence, but he died when Maffeo was only three years old. He moved to Rome with his mother, Camilla Barbadoro, when he was six years old. While he was a young, he lived with his uncle, Francesco Barberini, who was prothonotary Apostolic at that time, and he had a very great influence to the young Maffeo. Maffeo Barberini was educated at the “Collegio Romano” under the…

Pope Gregory VII (adversely) claimed he had a mission to purify the church and in order to do so, he needed to have total control over ecclesiastical appointments (to put an end to royal control under Henry IV, etc). This conflict lasts beyond the death of both Gregory and Henry. Eventually, the papacy emerges from this lengthy conflict between the emperor and the church. They are acknowledged as supreme ruler of Christendom. These are the Gregorian Reforms (r,…