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pope, “lamenting and making the greatest noise” about Cardinal Astalli-
Pamphili, but the pope brusquely told her not to interfere. And she “returned
home full of this mania and displeasure” and took to her bed. 5
Olimpia’s confrontation with the pope had, indeed, been an angry
one. It was reported that she stomped into the Quirinal in high dudgeon,
accusing Innocent of trying to ruin her. She said that if he did not demote
and exile Cardinal Astalli-Pamphili immediately, she would create
a great scandal by leaving the Piazza Navona house to avoid running
into the new nephew. She would live with her son in the Villa Aldobrandini
in Frascati outside Rome, a threat that must have terrified
both Camillo and the princess of Rossano. Though the pope had exiled
Camillo at Olimpia’s instigation three years earlier, this time he would
not do her bidding and started yelling back at her. It was no wonder she
took to her bed.
When Rome and the international community heard about the meteoric
rise of Camillo Astalli-Pamphili, they immediately assumed the
promotion had been done at Olimpia’s instigation. After all, she had
had a hand in everything the pope did, and the young man’s brother
had married her niece. The two of them must have made a pact to
jointly share power. But word leaked out that Olimpia had had nothing
to do with it and was, in fact, furious about it. She confirmed the rumors
by galloping out of Rome to Camillo’s villa in Frascati, where she
stayed for several days.
Teodoro Amayden’s avvisi of October 1 reported, “The invention of
the new Cardinal Pamfilio is due only to Cardinal Panzirolo, and Signora
Donna Olimpia had no part in it, a thing that is difficult to believe.
Because she went to Frascati, and they say she will leave the
Piazza Navona and live with her son, and they say publicly that Cardinal
Panzirolo is the author of this resolution. . . . Speaking of this signora,
Cardinal Panzirolo said, ‘She is too ill-tempered and wants
everything her own way.’ ” 6
What had changed Innocent from the docile, obedient man she had
always known? Olimpia imagined it had been Cardinal Panciroli, the
only other person the pope had ever listened to or confided in. One day
Olimpia stormed into the Quirinal Palace and called Panciroli into the
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