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

was called Camillo Pamphili <strong>the</strong> real nephew. Camillo Pamphili, formerly<br />

Camillo Astalli and a new cardinal, was called Camillo Pamphili<br />

<strong>the</strong> fake nephew. And poor little Cardinal Maidalchini was dubbed <strong>the</strong><br />

imbecile nephew. For <strong>the</strong> sake <strong>of</strong> clarity we will refer to <strong>the</strong> third<br />

nephew as Cardinal Astalli-Pamphili.<br />

The new nephew was given <strong>the</strong> right to live in and control <strong>the</strong> Palazzo<br />

Pamphili in <strong>the</strong> Piazza Navona and <strong>the</strong> villa <strong>of</strong> Bel Respiro, and to have<br />

<strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong> furnishings, statues, silver, and tapestries in both residences.<br />

He was assigned <strong>the</strong> governance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> papal city <strong>of</strong> Fermo and <strong>the</strong><br />

legation <strong>of</strong> Avignon. He received ten thousand scudi as a welcome gift,<br />

and an annual income <strong>of</strong> thirty thousand scudi. In a matter <strong>of</strong> days, Camillo<br />

Astalli-Pamphili had gone from an unimportant prelate to <strong>the</strong> second-highest-ranking<br />

position in <strong>the</strong> Papal States and Catholic Church.<br />

We can imagine Olimpia’s shock. No sooner had she heard <strong>the</strong> news<br />

than this stranger was moving his baggage into her house, taking over<br />

<strong>the</strong> best rooms facing <strong>the</strong> Piazza Navona. The worst part <strong>of</strong> it was that<br />

Innocent, <strong>the</strong> man who had always asked her opinion about everything,<br />

was suddenly doing things behind her back. She must have been seized<br />

with a deep sense <strong>of</strong> panic. Certainly she was angry.<br />

There is no report <strong>of</strong> her reaction until Thursday, September 22,<br />

three days after <strong>the</strong> pope’s announcement. On that morning Cardinal<br />

Astalli-Pamphili received his red hat from <strong>the</strong> hands <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> pope at <strong>the</strong><br />

Quirinal Palace and after <strong>the</strong> celebratory feast was planning to make<br />

his courtesy call on Olimpia. But according to Gigli, Olimpia knew<br />

“that she was losing her dominion and her control. She scorned him<br />

greatly, and entered into a great frenzy.” Olimpia intercepted <strong>the</strong> cardinal,<br />

sending a message that “she did not want to receive him, saying she<br />

had no o<strong>the</strong>r nephew than Cardinal Maidalchini, and she did not recognize<br />

him as being <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house <strong>of</strong> Pamphili.” 4 She added that she was<br />

sick, and her daughters were sick, and all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir servants were sick,<br />

and it was better not to visit any <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

Hearing this strange message, <strong>the</strong> new cardinal smiled and instructed<br />

his entourage to follow him “to <strong>the</strong> sick people.” Upon arriving at <strong>the</strong><br />

Piazza Navona house, he found that Olimpia really was in bed ill. Her<br />

servants explained to him that she had just returned from visiting <strong>the</strong><br />

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