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Mistress of the Vatican
count of Sirvela, arrived in Rome just as the conclave was about to begin.
Teodoro Amayden accompanied Sirvela as he strode into the Sistine
Chapel blazing in diamonds and fortified with rich Spanish bishoprics to
bestow on cooperative cardinals, lovely princesses with huge dowries to
give away to their nephews, and fine estates in the kingdom of Naples.
And Spain’s favorite candidate? Gianbattista Pamphili, who had left a
good impression behind him after his embassy to Madrid fourteen years
earlier. His stiff and sober dignity, which grated on Italians and Frenchmen
alike, was most pleasing to Spaniards.
Swords were drawn along the usual French and Spanish lines before
the conclave even began. Leti didn’t mince words about the self-interested
politics involved in choosing the Vicar of Christ. “Neither did the
cardinals examine the virtues or vices of the competitors,” he fumed.
“Spain would exalt anyone, were he the wickedest man in the world or
even the devil himself, as long as he was the enemy of France. The
French would not worry about worshipping a demon, as long as he was
the enemy of Spain. The nephews of the dead pope, guarding their own
interests, would not bat an eye to advance a cardinal to the pontificate if
he were the most detestable of all men, or even the Anti-Christ himself,
as long as he was their friend.” 9
By midnight on August 9, the camerlengo, Antonio Barberini, cried,
“Omnes extra!” at the top of his lungs, and all the wheeling, dealing ambassadors
were forced to leave. The conclave had officially begun.
The first centuries of Christianity remain so shrouded in mystery that no
one is certain how the earliest popes were elected. Saint Peter, later acknowledged
as the first pope, had no throne, no incense-laden ceremonies,
no great basilicas, and little Catholic dogma. Going house to house
in a rough linen robe and sandals, Peter spread the word about his friend
Jesus who had been crucified years before. Highly respected for his personal
knowledge of Jesus, Peter was perhaps called an elder—a term
that was later translated into bishop—or perhaps an apostle or a disciple.
He was certainly not called pope, a term that was not used until some
time in the second century when all bishops received the honorary title
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