Mistress of the Vatican Quotes

“Her legacy is that of a woman who refused to conform to the misogynistic traditions of her time.”
― Eleanor Herman, Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope

“Over time, these writings of the early church fathers and the decrees of popes and church councils became accepted truth in the same way the Bible was.”
― Eleanor Herman, Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope

“From the earliest times, many converts had their own ideas about who Jesus was and what he meant. Those ideas that were not accepted by the mainstream bishops were labeled “heresy,” which comes from the Greek heresias, “choice.”
― Eleanor Herman, Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope

“Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass. —Michel de Montaigne O”
― Eleanor Herman, Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope

“O do not be born a woman, if you want your own way. —Lucrezia de’ Medici O”
― Eleanor Herman, Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope