Angela Dell'Acqua

Basic information

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

Proceedings

Start date
23 November 1619
End date
Courts involved
Inquisition of Milan
Extradition
No
Other judges involved
Senate of Milan
Notes

End date: death sentence by the Senate of Milan, and delivery to the Inquisitor [Ippolito Maria Lanci] for an interrogation

Sentence

Court
Senate of Milan
Local judge
Sentence date
23 November 1619
Sentence place
Milan, State of Milan
Crime category
Magic & witchcraft
List of crimes

She was accused of having killed numerous people with maleficia and diabolical arts, of having taken part in the sabbat, of having had carnal relations with the devil, of having worshipped him, of having given her soul to him, of having offered other souls to him

Reason for conviction
Pertinacious / impenitent
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
9 May 1620
Authority
Captain of Justice
Execution place
Milan, State of Milan, Piazza Vetra
Execution type
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
Decrees and acdf sources
Legal opinions consultations
Registers of the condemned

Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, S.Q. + I.6, Sentenze capitali raccolte dal P. F. Benvenuto da Milano, vol. 1, 1471-1659, p. 248

Other magistracies

Sentence of death and delivery to the Inquisitor of Milan for an interrogation, 23 November 1619, (edited in Fumi, L’Inquisizione romana, 37/25, p. 116)

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