02/24/2022

Roberto Fiorentini: Livio Odescalchi, nipote di papa Innocenzo XI. Interessi famigliari e strategie di ascesa nella stagione dell’antinepotismo

When Pope Innocent XI set out to abolish nepotism in the allocation of ecclesiastical offices, this also affected his own nephew Livio Odescalchi (1652-1713). But he found his way to considerable prestige, influence and wealth even without a cardinal's hat. Roberto Fiorentini analyses Odescalchi's eventful life in the light of a considerable quantity of archival documents, some of which are completely unpublished.