Maria Pugassi

Basic information

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

Proceedings

Start date
End date
12 July 1520
Courts involved
Extradition
Other judges involved
Antonio Ricci (episcopal vicar of Carezzano)
Notes

The proceeding ended two days after the sentence issued by the inquisitor, because a second sentence was issued by the local vicar of the bishop of Tortona.

Sentence

Court
Local judge
Pietro Martire Bragheri
Sentence date
10 July 1520
Sentence place
Crime category
Magic & witchcraft
List of crimes:
Reason for conviction
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
Authority
Execution place
Stazzano, 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

Sources

Local inquisitorial trials and documents

Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Congregazione dei Vescovi e Regolari, Cause e processi, b. 953, ff. 465r-468v (published in Sergio Pagano, La condanna al rogo di tre streghe e l’esecuzione sul “bricco” di Castellania (1520), in «Rivista di storia, arte, archeologia per le province di Alessandria e Asti» CX (2001), pp. 259-287: 282-287).