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2 unusual facts about Camillo Astalli


Camillo Astalli

Contemporary John Bargrave would later recall that at the funeral of Cardinal Panciroli (at the Quirinal Palace), others told him that it had been the Pope's plan all along for Astalli to take responsibility for a number of failures and scandals and then be removed shortly before the Pope's death to ensure his estate was inherited by his original Cardinal-Nephew, Camillo Pamphili.

The offence was uncovered by Maidalchini's "spy", Decio Azzolino.



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