Page "Pope Urban VIII" Paragraph 24

Urban's death ( 29 July 1644 ) is said to have been hastened by chagrin at the result of the Wars of Castro.

Because of the costs incurred by the city of Rome to finance this war, Urban VIII became immensely unpopular.

On his death, the bust of Urban that lay beside the Palace of the Conservators on the Capitoline Hill was rapidly destroyed by an enraged crowd, and only a quick-thinking priest saved the sculpture of Urban belonging to the Jesuits from a similar fate.