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EXILI

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 72 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EXILI  , an

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Italian chemist and poisoner in the 17th century: His real name was probably Nicolo Egidi or Eggidio . Few authentic details of his
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life exist . Tradition, however, credits him with having been originally the salaried poisoner at Rome of
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Olympia Maidalchina, the
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mistress of Pope Innocent X . Subsequently he became a gentleman in waiting to Queen Christina of Sweden, whose taste for chemistry may have influenced this appointment . In 1663 his presence in France aroused the suspicions of the French government, and he was imprisoned in the Bastille . Here he is said to have made the acquaintance of Godin de Sainte-Croix, the lover of the marquise de Brinvilliers (q.v.) . After three months' imprisonment, powerful influences secured Exili's release, and he
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left France for England . In 1681 he was again in Italy, where he married the countess Fantaguzzi, second cousin of Duke Francis of Modena .

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