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The so called '''Squadrone Volante''' was the seventeenth century ''independent'' and ''free thinking'' cardinal movement within the Catholic Church which also was known as the ''Flying Squad''. The Squad, protected by Christina of Sweden and led by Cardinal Decio Azzolino, was highly involved in European politics in the second half of the century. The election of Pope Clement IX seems to have been mastered by the Squad.

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★ Church Politics in Seventeenth-Century Rome: Cardinal Decio Azzolino, Queen Christina of Sweden, and the Squadrone Volante - Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis: Stockholm Studies in History by Marie-Louise Rodén, 2000

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