mistress of the vatican.pdf - End Time Deception

Eleanor Herman
Camillo was stung daily by the fact that no one called his wife by the
title he had bestowed on her by marriage—the princess Pamphili. Everyone
in Rome knew Olimpia Maidalchini as the princess Pamphili,
and the matter was further confused because both women had the
same first name. And so the princess of Rossano stayed the princess of
Rossano, and poor Camillo became the prince of Rossano. The humiliation
became too much for him, and he asked the pope to send him to
Avignon as legate just to get away.
But Innocent did not send him away. Though he knew his nephew
was stupid and useless, the pope was a sentimental fellow who loved his
own blood dearly. One day a cardinal asked him about assigning an income
to either Camillo or Prince Ludovisi. The pope replied that the
shirt was closer to the heart than the coat, and Camillo, who was evidently
the shirt, was given the income. Another day the same cardinal
asked him which of his three nephews he loved best. Innocent said, “I
love Prince Giustiniani out of respect for his wife. I love Prince Ludovisio
because he is a good prince. But I love Prince Pamfili because he is
my blood.” 23
Sitting motionless in San Martino like a black widow spider eyeing
her prey, Olimpia was wreaking her revenge without lifting a finger.
Her enemy Cardinal Panciroli was dead. Her enemy Cardinal Astalli-
Pamphili had proved ineffectual and had lost his power to Cardinal
Chigi. Her enemy the princess of Rossano was losing her initial influence
over Innocent with her constant demands, and her fairy-tale-romance
marriage was falling apart. Her enemy Pope Innocent X was
plagued by constant family squabbles because Olimpia was not there to
control her fractious brood.
To top it all off, the pope was embroiled in the most shocking Vatican
scandal in nearly a century, a scandal that would never have occurred
had Olimpia still been running the show. She knew that, and
fretting on his papal throne, so did he.
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