hypernovel by Eric Flint et al. where he is favorably portrayed. He is especially prominent in 1634: The Galileo Affair (in which he makes the fictional Grantville priest, Larry Mazzare, a cardinal), and in 1635: The Cannon Law, 1635: The Papal Stakes, and 1636: The Vatican Sanction. He is somewhat less favorably presented in Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson. See also Barberini Wars of Castro Portrait of Maffeo Barberini Cardinals created by Urban VIII Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide References Sources Works External links Italian Academies Themed Collection—British Library. Includes information about Barbernini's membership of Italian academies, and of his links with other intellectuals of his time 1568 births 1644 deaths 17th-century popes Apostolic Nuncios to France Barberini family Bishops of Spoleto Italian art patrons Urban 08 Clergy from Florence Popes University of Pisa alumni People from Barberino Val d'Elsa Burials at St. Peter's Basilica