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Mistress <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vatican<br />

Some devout pilgrims were confused to see tarted-up prostitutes rolling<br />

through <strong>the</strong> streets <strong>of</strong> Rome with <strong>the</strong> pope’s family coat <strong>of</strong> arms on<br />

<strong>the</strong> doors. True, <strong>the</strong> emblem lacked <strong>the</strong> triple tiara and crossed keys <strong>of</strong><br />

Saint Peter, which Innocent had taken as his papal coat <strong>of</strong> arms. But it<br />

still had <strong>the</strong> Pamphili dove with <strong>the</strong> olive sprig in its mouth. What were<br />

prostitutes doing with that crest? When it was explained that <strong>the</strong> pope’s<br />

sister-in-law was <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial lobbyist <strong>of</strong> that particular pr<strong>of</strong>ession, some<br />

visitors became angry. What kind <strong>of</strong> behavior was that? How could <strong>the</strong><br />

pope allow such a thing? These opinions filtered up to <strong>the</strong> pope.<br />

As Innocent became more and more uneasy with Olimpia’s image in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Holy Year, he was struck by a bitter blow. On April 25 his sister<br />

Prudenzia died suddenly in her Convent <strong>of</strong> Saint Marta. According to<br />

Gigli, “The pope in <strong>the</strong> first years <strong>of</strong> his reign went sometimes to visit<br />

her and his sister Agatha in <strong>the</strong> Tor di’ Specchi. But after <strong>the</strong>se nuns<br />

favored and welcomed <strong>the</strong> princess <strong>of</strong> Rossano who married Don Camillo<br />

against <strong>the</strong> will <strong>of</strong> Donna Olimpia, <strong>the</strong> pope stopped going to see<br />

<strong>the</strong>m, and <strong>the</strong> one parted and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r remained with rancor.” 11 Because<br />

<strong>of</strong> Olimpia, Innocent had not spoken to his sister in three years,<br />

and now she was dead.<br />

One morning, as <strong>the</strong> devout flocked to <strong>the</strong> Church <strong>of</strong> Saint John<br />

Lateran, <strong>the</strong>y saw that <strong>the</strong> wall inscription innocent x, pontifex maximus<br />

had been partially covered with a banner that some enterprising<br />

soul had hung in <strong>the</strong> night. “Olimpia I, Pontifex Maximus,” it said. 12<br />

O<strong>the</strong>rs started sprouting overnight in various churches, including,<br />

“Olimpia, <strong>the</strong> first female pope.” 13<br />

Innocent’s small, suspicious eyes alighted on her, and he decided<br />

some changes were in order. Unbeknownst to Olimpia, on June 20,<br />

1650, he made a new will, in which he revoked <strong>the</strong> total freedom to<br />

dispose <strong>of</strong> all her possessions that he had given her in his will <strong>of</strong> 1644.<br />

The new will specified that everything she had, and everything she<br />

would yet acquire, would be left to Camillo.<br />

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