mistress of the vatican.pdf - End Time Deception

Eleanor Herman
the tenderhearted Innocent to Camillo and his wife more than all the
princess’s youth and beauty. This birth would cause him to lift the exile
for good, to invite the presumptuous princess to the Vatican, to listen to
her political suggestions. This birth would push the old Olimpia out of
the Vatican limelight, supplanted by the new, younger, more beautiful
Olimpia.
The old Olimpia marched into the Vatican and had a long talk with
her brother-in-law. When he emerged, the pope was once more his
usual sober self. He refused to accept congratulations from the ambassadors,
cardinals, and noblemen who waited in his antechamber. Thinking
this was the most propitious time to request an audience with his
uncle, Camillo arrived at the papal palace hat in hand. But the pope
sent his steward out to tell him to go home and not come back.
Despite the pope’s insistence that the birth of Gianbattista Pamphili
not be celebrated, the international community of Rome reacted as if a
royal prince had been born. Ambassadors dispatched couriers to France,
Spain, Austria, Tuscany, Germany, Poland, and the Netherlands with
the glorious news. The noble palaces of Rome were illuminated with
white torches and colorful lanterns. Fireworks were set off in the piazzas.
Cannons blasted, drums rattled, and trumpets blared. The pope
issued instructions to cease the celebrations at once, but no one listened.
A few days after the birth, the princess told some friends that she
intended to order a magnificent gown to wear the first time she went
out in public. Hearing this, Olimpia sent her daughter-in-law a note,
instructing her to make sure it was a gown suitable for the countryside,
as she would be going back very soon.
But Camillo cashed in more chips with sympathetic cardinals and
ambassadors who once again knelt before the pope and implored him
for mercy. This time, mercy was granted. Innocent was incredibly
touched by the arrival of his namesake, who, though his grandnephew,
was actually his grandchild in papal terms. Little Gianbattista Pamphili
was the continuation of the family line, which for so long had seemed to
be tottering on the brink of extinction.
Powerless in her efforts to exile the family, Olimpia was at least able
to impose conditions on Camillo and his wife if they wanted to stay in
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