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299–300, 349
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 13
tiara, papal, 151, 284
Tiber River, 50, 73, 102–3, 220, 311–12,

320, 353
Timothy, Letters of St. Paul to, 174, 283 Timothy, Saint, 145
Tor de’ Specchi Convent, 60, 204, 244–45,

268–69, 273, 344, 401
Tor di Nona prison, 50, 220, 305,

311–12
Totila the Goth, 252
Trajan, Emperor of Rome, 46 Trastevere, 236, 333–34, 353, 402 Trauttmansdorff, Maximilian von, 234 Trent, Council of (1545–63), 14, 23, 25–26,

57, 89, 391
Trinity Institute of Pilgrims, 259–60 Trivulzio, Giangiacomo, 375 Turks, 189–90, 269, 318
Tuscany, 95, 115, 182, 219, 226, 251, 376,

381, 383 typhoid, 48, 50–51

Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 161
Ulysses
(Joyce), 1
Umbria, 115, 348
Urban VIII, Pope, 73–74, 77, 78, 80, 82,

84–85, 89, 99, 100, 103, 111–12, 115–19, 121–22, 123, 127, 131, 147, 150–51, 183, 190–93, 195, 242, 261, 266, 286, 338, 344, 355, 412

Valençais, Bali de, 5, 170, 296–97 Valerian, Emperor of Rome, 144 Valtellina, 74–75
Vatican:
archives of, 1, 71, 83, 126–27 corruption in, 3, 45, 70, 72, 78, 124,

154–55, 171–73, 182–86, 246–52, 302–9, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314–15, 332, 336–43, 349, 381–89, 396, 412–13
dataries and subdataries of, 246–52, 284,

287, 299, 302–9, 311, 313, 314, 344, 360, 362, 385, 388
legal system of, 89–91, 302–9, 310, 311,

312, 313, 384–89, 395, 404, 412–13 military forces of, 115, 182, 183–84,

188, 190–91, 193, 218–20, 245–46, 313, 338–43
political influence of, 112–15, 233–35,

415
treasury of, 1, 68, 81–82, 115, 118, 124, 131, 166, 182, 198, 245, 315, 318, 332, 334, 336, 356, 367, 368, 377–80, 386–87, 412–13, 414
see also
Papal States
Vatican City, 165–66, 415
Vatican Library, 83, 126–27
Velázquez, Diego, 267–68
Venice, 47, 59, 63, 70, 83, 86, 96, 103, 115,

128, 140, 153–54, 155, 171–72, 179, 190–91, 201, 235, 318, 382, 396 Veronica, Saint, 241
Via dell’Anima, 44, 101, 163, 313
Via Latina, 255–56
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 415 Villa Bel Respiro, 187–88, 207–8, 255, 277,

297, 341, 416
Villa Borghese, 198–99, 200, 206 Villa del Sale, 198

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Index

Villafranca, Count of, 303–4
Villani, Giovanni, 176
Virgil, 67–68
Virgin Mary, 19, 241, 146, 265, 350 Visconti, Teobaldo, 16
Vitellius, Emperor of Rome, 119 Viterbo, 9–43, 44, 51, 54, 56, 75, 105, 110,

163, 166, 210–12, 229, 246, 289, 293–95, 328–30, 333, 354, 395, 401, 403–8, 415–16, 418

Westphalia, Peace of (1648), 233–35, 282,

349 witchcraft, 91, 271

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About the Author

New York Times
bestselling historian Eleanor Herman wrote
Sex with Kings
—a history of royal mistresses—and
Sex with the Queen
—a look at queens’ love affairs. Herman has hosted episodes for the National Geographic Channel and The History Channel’s Lost Worlds series. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she is married and lives in McLean, Virginia.

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Table of Contents

Cover

Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope

Dedication Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: The Girl from Viterbo

Chapter One: The Convent
Chapter Two: The Wealthy Landowner’s Wife
Chapter Three: The Roman Noblewoman
Chapter Four: The Brother-in-Law
Chapter Five: The Papal Nuncio
Chapter Six: Cardinals
Chapter Seven: The Black Widow
Chapter Eight: Conclave

Part Two: The Female Pope

Chapter Nine: The Vicar of Christ
Chapter Ten: Celebrations
Chapter Eleven: Women in the Vatican
Chapter Twelve: Vengeance on the Barberinis
Chapter Thirteen: The Despised Daughter-in-Law
Chapter Fourteen: The Imbecile Cardinals
Photographic Insert
Chapter Fifteen: Birth, Famine, and Bitter Peace
Chapter Sixteen: The Shoulder of Saint Francesca
Chapter Seventeen: The Holy Jubilee Year
Chapter Eighteen: Crisis of Conscience

Part Three: Unforgiveness

Chapter Nineteen: Honor and Dishonor
Chapter Twenty: Olimpia’s Triumphant Return
Chapter Twenty-One: The Sudden Disgrace of Cardinal Astalli
Chapter Twenty-Two: Death of the Dove
Chapter Twenty-Three: Unforgiveness
Chapter Twenty-Four: Pope Alexander VII
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Two Queens of Rome
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Scourge of God
Chapter Twenty-Seven: After Olimpia

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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