Lucia Cacciarda

Basic information

Patronymic
Other names
Genre
Female
Place of origin
Date of birth
Attributed date of birth:
No
Age at the time of execution
Marital status
Last occupation / Qualification
Previous occupations
Religious status
Layperson
Religious order
Accusations

Proceedings

Start date
23 June 1510
End date
8 September 1510
Courts involved
Extradition
Other judges involved
Notes

23 June 1510 is the earliest date in which we have a mention of the trial. However, by that time the woman had already been sentenced by the inquisitor and the conflict with the local podestà and the bishop’s vicar over the execution had risen.

Sentence

Court
Local judge
Antonio da Casale
Sentence date
Sentence place
Duchy of Milan - Parma -
Crime category
Magic & witchcraft
List of crimes:
Reason for conviction
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
Authority
Execution place
Parma, Duchy of Milan
Execution type
burning at the stake
In effigy
No
After death
No
Presence of doctors / surgeons
Name of the doctors / surgeons:
Presence of comforters
Name of the comforters
Presence of rebels / riots
Sacraments imparted
Notes for execution

The podestà of Parma and the bishop’s vicar opposed the inquisitor’s death sentence.

Sources

Chronicles

Leone Smagliati, Cronaca parmense 1494-1518, Parma, Deputazione di storia patria per le province parmensi, 1970, pp. 148-149 e 151.