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Eleanor Herman
That night, Cardinal Antonio and the pro-Spanish cardinals set their
spies to watch the cells of the pro-French cardinals to see if they were
plotting a coup. Worried about a last-minute surprise, Cardinal Antonio
called for the morning scrutiny to be held much earlier than usual,
at dawn.
At 3 a.m. Gianbattista sent a messenger from the conclave to bang on
the door of Olimpia’s palazzo and give her the news of his imminent
election. Standing in their nightclothes holding candles, she and Camillo
received the message “with great pleasure,” according to the 1650
autobiography of Cardinal Domenico Cecchini. 20 Gregorio Leti described
“the transports of joy of Donna Olimpia. She was so beside
herself with happiness that she seemed to be only 25 years old, although
she was closer to 50.” 21 (She was actually fifty-three.)
On September 15, as the sun rose over the Vatican, cardinals rubbing
the sleep from their eyes stumbled into the Sistine Chapel. According to
the diary of one conclavista, Gianbattista had not slept at all, “partly out
of happiness and partly out of fear.” 22 Now he bounced up and down
nervously on his seat. “All your cardinals, are they there?” he asked the
Spanish cardinal, Albornoz, who sat next to him. “Yes, they are there,”
was the reply. “Your Eminence must have good courage.” 23
One by one, the cardinals marched up to the altar and cast their votes
into the chalice. When the votes were tallied, there was an overwhelming
majority for Gianbattista. With one cardinal dead and two others
sick at home, he had only needed thirty-six votes to win, but forty-eight
of the fifty-three cardinals left in conclave had voted for him. Five cardinals,
including the fulminating Cardinal Bichi, had voted against him.
Having counted the votes, the distinguished theologian Cardinal
Juan de Lugo rose to his feet and said in a loud voice, “Benedictus Dominus
Noster, habemus cardinalem Pamphilium Pontifecum.” Our Blessed
Lord, we have Cardinal Pamphili as pope. 24
Appalled at the choice of new pontiff, Cardinal Bichi raced back to
his cell and fired off a letter to the court of France. “Gentlemen,” he
thundered, “we have just elected a female pope!” 25
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