Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia From Authentic Sources
CHAPTER IX.
MAFFEO BARBERINI AS URBAN VIII.
His Character.—Taste for Letters.—Friendship for Galileo when Cardinal.—Letters to him.—Verses in his honour.—Publication of “Il Saggiatore” with Dedication to the Pope.—Character of the Work.—The Pope’s approval of it.—Inconsistency with the assumed Prohibition 108