Editing Pope Alexander VII (section)

=== Malta ===
Before being elected as Pontiff, Chigi served as Inquisitor on the Island of Malta where he resided mostly at the [[Inquisitor's Palace]] in [[Birgu]] (alias Città Vittoriosa). At that time [[Hospitaller Malta|Malta]] was a fiefdom of the Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, from which he bought one hundred slaves in 1662 for his naval squadron. <ref name="nih">{{cite journal|title=A medical service for slaves in Malta during the rule of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.|pmc = 1033829|year = 1968|last1 = Cassar|first1 = P.|journal = Medical History|volume = 12|issue = 3|pages = 270–277|pmid = 4875614|doi = 10.1017/s0025727300013314}}</ref>