Giovanna di Cavoretto

Basic information

Patronymic
Other names
Genre
Female
Place of origin
Moncalieri, Duchy of Savoy
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
2 February 1449
End date
7 May 1449
Courts involved
Extradition
Other judges involved
Guido Bollieti (vicar of the bishop of Aosta)
Notes

Sentence

Court
Local judge
Berardo Tremesii
Sentence date
7 May 1449
Sentence place
Duchy of Savoy - Aosta - cemetery
Crime category
Magic & witchcraft
List of crimes:
Reason for conviction
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
Authority
Execution place
Aosta, Duchy of Savoy
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

Aosta, Archivio della Curia vescovile, Tribunali ecclesiastici, cart. LXXVI, cat.14-Officialité, n. B4 (published in Processi per fede e sortilegi nella Valle d’Aosta del Quattrocento, edited by Silvia Bertolin, Aosta, Tipografia Valdostana, 2012, pp. 117-173).