Cardinal Barberini / Pope Urban VIII
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A powerful cleric who first supports Galileo but later, as Pope Urban VIII, becomes his greatest adversary. He reflects the Church’s conflicting stance on new knowledge—patronage mixed with fear and suppression.
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