Under the patronage of Urban VIII, the first of eight popes he was to serve, he created the baldachin over the tomb of St.Peter in Rome.

• 教宗乌尔班八世（Urban VIII）是贝尼尼最早的资助人，也是他曾为之服务的八位教宗中的第一位，受其委讬在罗马圣彼得墓上创作了华盖。