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Mistress of the Vatican
such throbbing pain from a gouty toe that he was unable to perform
the coveted duty. The second deacon, Cardinal Francesco Barberini,
had recovered from his mild bout with malaria and would make the
announcement.
But before he arrived, one of the workmen opening up the windows
poked his head outside and grinned at the crowd.
“Who is it?” the people demanded.
“Innocenzo,” he replied.
But the roar of the crowd and the ringing of bells muffled the carpenter’s
reply. Some people thought he had said “Crescenzio.” Many of
them raced to Cardinal Pier Paolo Crescenzi’s palace and sacked it thoroughly,
to the great delight of his family, who took this as proof that he
had been made pope. Others, seeing boards pried free of Vatican entrances,
raced into the palace to sack the cardinals’ cells and brawled
with the conclavistas guarding them.
At 1 p.m. Cardinal Francesco and Signor Domenico Belli, the papal
master of ceremonies, singing “Ecclesiasticus Sacerdus Magnus,” preceded
the pope to the loggia of benediction. The bells ceased. The
crowd waited breathlessly as silence pulsated. Cardinal Francesco appeared
at the window and took a deep breath.
“Annuncio vobis gaudium magnum,” he said, “habemus Papam Eminentissimum
et Reverendissimum, Don Iohannem Baptistum Pamphilium,
qui sibi nomen imposuit Innocentium Decimum.” 1 We announce to you
with great joy that we have a pope, the most eminent and most reverent
Don Gianbattista Pamphili, who will take the name Innocent X.
The new pope appeared next to Cardinal Francesco and blessed the
people gathered below. His gesture of benediction was greeted by a
blare of trumpets and the cheers of the crowd. Across from Saint Peter’s,
looming over the Tiber, was the Castel Sant’Angelo, built as the
tomb of Emperor Hadrian (reigned a.d. 117–138) but converted by the
early popes into an impregnable fortress. Now cannon poking out from
the crenellated bastion blasted loud salutes, a signal to every church bell
in Rome to peal its joy once more.
The crowd was pleased that the new pontiff was a Roman, one of
them. They hated foreign popes and had had bad luck with them. The
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