Viano Viani

Basic information

Patronymic
Other names
Genre
Male
Place of origin
Viadana, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Date of birth
Attributed date of birth
No
Age at the time of execution
Marital status
Unknown
Last occupation / Qualification
Apothecary
Previous occupations
Religious status
Layperson
Religious order
Accusations

Proceedings

Start date
1550
End date
24 October 1570
Courts involved
Inquisition of Ferrara
Extradition
No
Other judges involved
Notes

Start date: autodafé in 1550
End date: letter of Alfonso Tassoni giving information on the Inquisitor’s intention to delivery Viani to the secular arm

Sentence

Court
Inquisition of Ferrara
Local judge
Paolo Costabili
Sentence date
Before 24 October 1570
Sentence place
Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara
Crime category
Formal heresy
List of crimes
Reason for conviction
Relapso
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
After 23 February 1571
Authority
Duke of Ferrara
Execution place
Brescello, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Execution type
Burned
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

On 23 February 1571 Alfonso II of Este gave authorization for execution, that happened near Brescello, along the banks of the Po river

Sources

Letters

On the release to the secular arm: Modena, Archivio di Stato, Rettori dello Stato, Reggiano, Reggio Emilia, 27, Alfonso Tassoni to Alfonso II d’Este, 24 October 1570 (edited in Al Kalak Matteo, Una terra «netta e preservata», pp. 80-81)

On the choice of the place for the execution:

Modena, Archivio di Stato, Rettori dello Stato, Reggiano, Reggio Emilia, 155, Anziani di Reggio to Alfonso II d’Este, 29 January 1571 (edited in Al Kalak Matteo, Una terra «netta e preservata», pp. 81-82)

Reggio Emilia, Archivio di Stato, Archivio del Comune, Carteggi, Carteggi degli Anziani, 86, Anziani di Reggio to Alfonso II d’Este, 29 January 1571 (edited in Al Kalak Matteo, Una terra «netta e preservata», pp. 81-82)

On the authorization for execution: Modena, Archivio di Stato, Rettori dello Stato, Reggiano, Brescello, 3, Alfonso II d’Este to Camillo Caula, 23 February 1571 (edited in Al Kalak Matteo, Una terra «netta e preservata», p. 83)

Local inquisitorial trials and documents

Modena, Archivio di Stato, Inquisizione, 284, 7, Catalogo dei rei e indiziati (partially edited in Al Kalak, Una terra «netta e preservata», p. 66)

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