Sibilia Falcone

Basic information

Patronymic
Other names
Genre
Female
Place of origin
Date of birth
1490
Attributed date of birth
Yes
Age at the time of execution
90
Marital status
Unknown
Last occupation / Qualification
Previous occupations
Religious status
Layperson
Religious order
Accusations

Proceedings

Start date
1569
End date
10 november 1580
Courts involved
Archbishop Court of Naples, Congregation of the Holy Office
Extradition
No
Other judges involved
Notes

End date refers to the exchange of letters in which Sibilia Falcone’s condemnation as impenitent is mentioned for the first time.

Sentence

Court
Archbishop Court of Naples
Local judge
Annibale di Capua, Archbishop of Naples
Sentence date
november 1580 before the 10th
Sentence place
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Crime category
Jews & judaisers
List of crimes

Apostasy to Judaism

Reason for conviction
Pertinacious / impenitent
Accessory penalties
Seizur

Execution

Execution date
Authority
Execution place
Execution type
In effigy
No
After death
Yes
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

From the sources we know that Sibilia Falcone died while the proceedings against her were still ongoing and that she was condemned as impenitent; it is not known whether an execution in effigy took place.

Sources

Letters

Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, f. 132/47B, c. 59r, 17 july 1580 (in: Pierroberto Scaramella, Le lettere della Congregazione…, p. 56n66)

Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, CNI, cc. 66r-67r, 1580 (in: Pierroberto Scaramella, Le lettere della Congregazione…, pp. 55-56)

Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, f. 144/112b, cc. n.n., 10 november 1580 (in: in: Pierroberto Scaramella, Le lettere della Congregazione…, pp. 59-60)

Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, Lettere, vol. 3, c. 86r-v, 25 november 1580.

Local inquisitorial trials and documents

Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, b. 9 f. 129, 1569-1571 [formal trial, photography permitted]
Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, b. 11 f. 141, 1569-1571 [defence pleadings, formal trial, photography permitted]
Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, b. 12 f. 155, 1571 [formal trial, photography permitted]
Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, b. 14 f. 171, 1571 [interrogations and depositions, formal trial, not available for consultation]
Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, b. 17 f. 215, 1572-1573 [interrogations, formal trials, not available for consultation]
Napoli, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli, Sant’Ufficio, b. 39 f. 436, 1579-1580 [formal trial, photography permitted]

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