mistress of the vatican.pdf - End Time Deception

Eleanor Herman
At Il Barco, Olimpia played a joke on the pope. In and around Viterbo,
October was the time of the famous chestnut harvest. Olimpia
had secretly arranged for roasted chestnuts to be tied on the trees. She
then instructed the Swiss Guard to gather them for the pope, and he
laughed heartily when he tasted them, proclaiming it a miracle. When
Monsignor Acquapendente, the governor of Viterbo, paid his respects,
Innocent was so jolly that he promised to make him a cardinal in the
next creation, a promise that he kept.
The entire visit was a great success. Innocent enjoyed it immensely,
and away from the cares of Rome he felt younger and healthier than he
had in years. He didn’t even let the usual family disturbances unduly
worry him. On the road home, a group of laborers blocked the papal
carriage and informed the pontiff that Prince Giustiniani had hired
them to fill potholes for the pope’s visit but now that the work was done
wouldn’t pay them. As punishment, the pope refused to honor the
prince’s castle with the expected visit. Camillo had come along on the
trip, leaving the princess of Rossano in Rome, and told the pope that his
marriage was unbearable. The princess never stopped nagging him,
and he wished he could be cardinal nephew again.
Glowing with good health and high spirits, when the pope arrived in
Rome he went first to Saint Peter’s, then to the Palazzo Pamphili, and
then to the Quirinal, insisting at each stop that he get out of his chair
and go up the stairs on foot. People marveled at his firm step, bright
eyes, and easy smile.
While all were agreed on the pope’s miraculous regeneration, not
everyone believed this was a good thing. One avvisi writer told of the
general disappointment that the voyage had probably given the pontiff
another ten years of life.
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