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Mistress of the Vatican
The priest said with a sigh, “Most Excellent Signora, my goal was not
to advise you to do evil.”
Olimpia replied, “No, but if I had done it, I would not have done
well because I would not have become what I now am.” 1
Then, to show him her absolute power, and to assuage the guilt that
must have rankled subtly over the years, she had Innocent make him a
bishop. Having made amends with the priest—sort of—Olimpia turned
to helping oppressed women. She continued giving generously to nuns
and was now in a position to assist another group of women forced into
a life they would not have chosen under different circumstances—prostitutes.
Rome, a city with a large population of single men—priests and
monks—and men who had left their wives back home—pilgrims and
laborers from the countryside—had always boasted a thriving sex trade.
The 1650 census reported 73,978 male residents of all ages and 52,214
females. These figures, however, did not include visitors, which would
have inflated the preponderance of men even more. The census also
listed 1,148 “courtesans” and 32 “concubines.” We are not sure what the
difference was, but possibly a concubine was rented by one wealthy client
for months at a time. And these were only the women who kissed
and told. We can assume there were many more who kissed and
clammed up.
In the Renaissance the cortigiana onesta, or honest courtesan, played
the role of a geisha girl, reciting poetry, strumming the lute, and singing
at Rome’s best gentlemen’s parties. Many of these women owned their
own palaces and rode through the streets in luxurious carriages attended
by several servants on horseback. Then there were the lowly cortigiane
alla candela—candle tarts—who lit a little candle when their customers
arrived and stopped working the moment the candle burned out.
The infamous Borgia pope, Alexander VI, invited prostitutes to the
Vatican for orgies as a form of court entertainment, awarding prizes to
those of his servants who made love to them the greatest number of
times. In the wake of Martin Luther, most popes were stricter with
prostitutes. Pius V (reigned 1566–1572) tried to banish them entirely,
but the Roman senate begged him to reconsider. If amorous priests
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