Agostino Centurione

Basic information

Patronymic
Simone Mortara
Other names
Agostino Mortara
Genre
Male
Place of origin
Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Date of birth
Attributed date of birth
No
Age at the time of execution
Marital status
Married
Last occupation / Qualification
Merchant
Previous occupations
Religious status
Layperson
Religious order
Accusations
Calvinism, practised in Lyon and Geneva: he doubted the existence of the Purgatory and the cult of saints; he possessed prohibited books; he did not attend the mass and the sacrement of penance; he attacked the authority of the clergy

Proceedings

Start date
1562
End date
Before 10 December 1593
Courts involved
Congregation of the Holy Office, Inquisition of Genoa
Extradition
No
Other judges involved
Council of Trent (1562-63)
Notes

Sentence

Court
Inquisition of Genoa
Local judge
Giovanni Battista Lanci
Sentence date
Before 10 December 1593
Sentence place
Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Crime category
Formal heresy
List of crimes
Reason for conviction
Relapso
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
10 December 1593
Authority
Republic of Genoa
Execution place
Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Execution type
Beheaded
In effigy
No
After death
No
Presence of doctors / surgeons
Unknown
Name of the doctors / surgeons
Presence of comforters
Unknown
Name of the comforters
Presence of rebels / riots
Unknown
Sacraments imparted
Unknown
Notes for execution

Sources

Letters
Local inquisitorial trials and documents

Genova, Archivio di Stato, Archivio Segreto, 2859A, 36

Decrees and acdf sources

ADDF, S.O., Decreta Sancti officii, 1593: Decreta, c. 2r

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Printed or manuscript notices and reports
Chronicles

Genova, Archivio Storico del Comune, Manoscritti, Ricci, 80, Agostino Schiaffino, Annali ecclesiastici della Liguria, tomo 4, p. 317

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