Vincenzo Maculani

He was known as a severe man, harsh and without compassion, who preferred the black cappa of his order to the brighter red he was later entitled to wear as a cardinal.

[9] Urban VIII ordered a Fourth Examination, to inquire into Galileo's 'intent' in publishing his Dialogue, and specifically authorized Maculani to threaten to use torture.

[1] Contemporary John Bargrave suggested his work put him in good stead with the Pope and his family, the Barberini, but made him incredibly unpopular with the people and with local nobles.

This included the Mattei (rather ironic, given one of their sons was leading papal forces) who lost half a villa to the construction of fortifications.

He was elected Archbishop of Benevento in that year and was consecrated in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Antonio Marcello Barberini, brother of Pope Urban VIII.

Maculani is a recurring character in the Ring of Fire alternative history hypernovel by Eric Flint et al. where he is depicted as a henchman of renegade Cardinal and eventual anti-pope Gaspar de Borja y Velasco.

This is primarily in the South European thread books: 1634: The Galileo Affair, 1635: The Cannon Law, 1635: The Papal Stakes, and 1636: The Vatican Sanction.