Ludovico Fiera

Basic information

Patronymic
Federico Fiera
Other names
Genre
Male
Place of origin
Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
Date of birth
1534
Attributed date of birth
Yes
Age at the time of execution
33
Marital status
Married
Last occupation / Qualification
Previous occupations
Religious status
Layperson
Religious order
Accusations

Proceedings

Start date
March 1563
End date
September 1567
Courts involved
Inquisition of Bologna
Extradition
No
Other judges involved
Notes

Sentence

Court
Inquisition of Bologna
Local judge
Antonio Balducci
Sentence date
September 1567
Sentence place
Bologna, Papal States, San Domenico
Crime category
Formal heresy
List of crimes
  • An Anabaptist follower of Giorgio Siculo.

  • A disciple of Lelio Sozzini.

  • Lived among the Lutherans and adhered to Lutheran doctrine and practice.

Reason for conviction
Relapso
Accessory penalties
Seizur

Execution

Execution date
17 September 1567
Authority
Tribunale Criminale del Torrone
Execution place
Bologna, Papal States, San Petronio
Execution type
Burned in effigy
In effigy
Yes
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
No
Sacraments imparted
No
Notes for execution

Sources

Letters
Local inquisitorial trials and documents
Decrees and acdf sources

ADDF, St. St., EE 1-b, c. 310v.

Legal opinions consultations
Registers of the condemned
Other magistracies
Petitions
Confraternities
Medical treatises
Polemical histories and martyrologies
Theological and legal texts
Collections of sermons
Printed or manuscript notices and reports
Chronicles
Travel diaries
Notarial acts and wills
Expense registers and economic documents
Memorial documents epitaphs etc
Iconography
Other

Bologna, Archivio Generale Arcivescovile di Bologna, Ricuperi Attuariali, reg. 257, c. 131r; c. 159, 6 luglio 1569.