He was a member of the Inquisition and one of the cardinals who questioned Galileo after he came to Rome, and also of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, created on 6 January 1622, to which he gave 100 scudi a year for ransoming prisoners of the Turks.
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei | Scipione Breislak | Scipione | Scipione Stella | Scipione Rebiba | Scipione (Gino Bonichi) | Scipione de' Ricci | Scipione Ammirato | Francesco Scipione |