Vincenzo Pellicciari

Basic information

Patronymic
Other names
Bastiese
Genre
Male
Place of origin
Solara, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Date of birth
1694
Attributed date of birth
Yes
Age at the time of execution
34
Marital status
Unmarried
Last occupation / Qualification
Spinner
Previous occupations
Religious status
Layperson
Religious order
Accusations

Proceedings

Start date
16 June 1726
End date
21 June 1727
Courts involved
Inquisition of Modena
Extradition
No
Other judges involved
Notes

Start date: denunciation
End date: delivery to the secular arm

Sentence

Court
Inquisition of Modena
Local judge
Antonino Pozzoli da Lodi
Sentence date
21 June 1727
Sentence place
Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Crime category
Formal heresy
List of crimes

He denied the virginity of the Madonna; he attributed to the Madonna the same sexual activity as mortals; he affirmed that fornication, masturbation and sodomy were not sins; he denied the immortality of the soul; he affirmed that he lived according to the law of the Jews, denying its difference from the Christian one; he said he had invoked the demon, entrusting his soul to him; he affirmed that he had been sodomized by the demon.

Reason for conviction
Pertinacious / impenitent
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
30 July 1727
Authority
Duke of Modena
Execution place
Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Execution type
Hanged
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

Executed at 3pm by Giuseppe Mogioli from Pistoia

Sources

Letters
Local inquisitorial trials and documents

Modena, Archivio di Stato, Inquisizione, 201.8

Decrees and acdf sources
Legal opinions consultations
Registers of the condemned

Modena, Archivio Storico del Comune, San Giovanni Battista, «Repertorio delle polize dei giustiziati», n. 14; Camera segreta, «Vachetta per li giustiziati», p. 55

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Medical treatises
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