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

explained, “The pope was heard to say several times to Donna Olimpia,<br />

in promising to return her to all her former authority, which he<br />

absolutely wanted, that she should give all or at least <strong>the</strong> greater part<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wealth she had amassed to Don Camillo. . . . He had been well<br />

informed that she doted more on her daughters than on her son and<br />

he found it strange that she was thinking <strong>of</strong> leaving her wealth not to<br />

those in <strong>the</strong> direct line <strong>of</strong> Pamfili, <strong>of</strong> whom his nephew was <strong>the</strong> only<br />

one left. . . . Donna Olimpia had great repugnance to consenting to do<br />

this.” 4<br />

Since her birth in 1641, Olimpiuccia had been Olimpia’s primary<br />

heir, but now she was eminently provided for as a Barberini princess.<br />

Obeying <strong>the</strong> pope, Olimpia made Camillo her heir, though it must have<br />

irked her to leave her money, in effect, to <strong>the</strong> princess <strong>of</strong> Rossano. But it<br />

would eventually descend to Olimpia’s grandchildren, and <strong>the</strong> fruitful<br />

princess had by now considerately provided four <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m, two boys and<br />

two girls.<br />

Olimpia fur<strong>the</strong>r stated in her will that she wanted two thousand<br />

Masses to be said for her soul in San Martino, and ano<strong>the</strong>r two thousand<br />

in Viterbo, and two thousand more in Rome. Surely <strong>the</strong>se Masses,<br />

winging <strong>the</strong>ir way to heaven, would help clear that wide path necessary<br />

for her ascent. In addition, she gave dowries to seven poor girls in San<br />

Martino who o<strong>the</strong>rwise would not be able to marry. In a touching tribute<br />

to her immured sister, Olimpia stipulated that for twenty years after<br />

her death, seven poor women would receive a nice dress on <strong>the</strong> Feast <strong>of</strong><br />

Saint Orsola, Ortensia’s patron saint.<br />

Olimpia left Olimpiuccia a diamond watch and <strong>the</strong> right to choose<br />

whatever o<strong>the</strong>r objects she wanted from <strong>the</strong> Pamphili legacy. Prince<br />

Ludovisi and Costanza also had a daughter named Olimpia, who would<br />

be given a valuable tiara to wear on her wedding day. Olimpia’s daughters,<br />

Maria and Costanza, who had already received <strong>the</strong>ir dowries,<br />

would each inherit one thousand scudi in cash and <strong>the</strong> same amount in<br />

silver plate.<br />

In 1650 Olimpia had purchased a garden in Ripagrande, on <strong>the</strong><br />

banks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tiber in Trastevere, where she sometimes liked to take <strong>the</strong><br />

air. Now she was building a house <strong>the</strong>re. This property she bequea<strong>the</strong>d<br />

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