 Azzolino gave his reply; "If you want an honest man, there stands one" and pointed to Cardinal Fabio Chigi.With no better a suggestion to be found, the College elected Chigi who took the papal throne as Pope Alexander VII.Still protected by Christina of Sweden and led by her now-favourite Azzolino, the "Squadrone" continued to operate during Pope Alexander's reign and remained highly involved in European politics in the second half of the 17th century.