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Mistress of the Vatican
described Olimpia as a jackass clothed in pontifical vestments and made
insinuations that “touched, not lightly, upon her honor.” 2
In April 1648 Don John reestablished Spanish control over Naples.
The rebellion was put down, but throughout the Papal States the famine
continued. It is likely that Olimpia and Rome’s municipal officials
kept the severity of the bread shortage from the pope. Without benefit
of live CNN coverage or anything like a free press, the elderly pontiff,
sitting in the rarified atmosphere of the Vatican nursing his kidney
stones, believed what his advisors told him.
Giacinto Gigli reported that bakers were ordered to bake fine
white loaves and pretend to be selling them on the street whenever
the pope passed by so he wouldn’t realize how dire the situation was.
When the ragged, hungry souls eagerly gathered to buy the delicious
bread, the bakers refused to sell it. It was, they said, just for show to
keep the pope happy.
The princess of Rossano went into labor on June 24, 1648, the Feast of
Saint John the Baptist, the pope’s own saint’s day. It was a good omen. At
the first pang, her servants donned their best livery and raced around
Rome knocking on the doors of the ambassadors and nobles, inviting
them to come immediately to witness the historic event. They congregated
in her bedroom, eating, drinking, and gossiping, the women doing
needlework, the men playing cards. It must have been a great shock to all
when Olimpia strode in to see for herself what was going on. She could
not have failed to notice that between her gut-wrenching contractions,
the princess had a gleam of triumph in her eye.
At 7 p.m., through narrowed eyes Olimpia saw the baby’s head push
out between the thighs of her detested daughter-in-law. When the doctor
plucked the baby out and proclaimed it a healthy boy, the princess
cried out that he would be called Gianbattista after the pope. The
guests cheered but Olimpia did not. She stood up and, without saying a
word, left.
When the vice-regent of Rome, Signor Rivaldi, raced to the pope
breathless with the news of a healthy boy, Innocent could not contain
his joy. “God be praised!” he cried, his face aglow with happiness. 3
Olimpia knew the birth of little Gianbattista Pamphili would bind
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