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family and the pope himself. The chapel had originally been built in
one of the arches of the Domitian stadium, the site of the supposed
saint’s supposed martyrdom.
By the time houses were built in the piazza in the fourteenth century,
the Chapel of Saint Agnes was submerged some fifteen feet below
ground. A large town house was constructed on top of it, facing the piazza,
while a little church and entry to the chapel were built on the Via
dell’Anima, behind the piazza. Innocent planned to buy the house, now
owned by the Mellini family, tear it down along with the old church
behind it, and create his grand new church. Connected to the enlarged
Palazzo Pamphili, the church would be an extension of the palace complex
and a political statement of the power and grandeur of the Pamphili
family. In the belfry he would place the church bells taken from
his victory over Castro.
Innocent commissioned the father-and-son architects Girolamo and
Carlo Rainaldi to design the edifice. Camillo, who preened himself over
his vast architectural expertise, was given the honor of overseeing the
project. In a grand ceremony, attended by numerous cardinals, the pope
laid the foundation stone on August 15.
Despite his excitement over the new building projects, the pope’s
temper became unusually short. In September he finally fired his old
friend Cardinal Cecchini from the post of datary, the exact reason for
which has never clearly been determined. Giacinto Gigli wrote, “No
one knew if it was because he had been complicit in the errors of Mascambruno
or for some other reason. . . . Those waiting in the antechamber
for an audience with the pope heard a big argument in which
the pope was very angry and the cardinal said that he had always been
an honest gentleman and the pope said, If that is so we will see soon.
And he told him not to appear in consistory or in church or anywhere
else.” 1
Querulous and suspicious, on October 2 the pope fired both the majordomo
and the head butler of Cardinal Astalli-Pamphili. In November
the grouchy pontiff fired his own majordomo and his wardrobe
master. He took an inveterate dislike to his friend and architectural advisor
Virgilio Spada and to Monsignor Farnese, the governor of Rome.
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