Girolamo Meoli

Informazioni di Base

Patronymic
Other names
Genre
Male
Place of origin
Monte Santo di Fermo, Papal States
Date of birth
Data attribuita di nascita:
No
Age at the execution time
Marital status
Unknown
Last occupation / Qualification
Secretary for the English ambassador at the Porte (Thomas Glover)
Previous occupations

Assistant of the the head notary of the Holy Office (Quintiliano Adriani)
Informant for Spain and correspondant from Istanbul for the cardinal-nephew (Scipione Borghese)

Religious status
Layperson
Religious order
Accusations

Proceedings

Start date
1606
End date
In 1614 before November, 29th
Courts involved
Congregation of the Holy Office
Extradition
Yes
Other judges involved
Note

The start date refers to his escape to Istanbul after stealing 2,000 scudi from the Holy Office; the end date corresponds to the period between his escape from the Holy Office’s prisons and his execution.

Sentence

Court
Congregation of the Holy Office
Local judge
Sentence date
In 1614 before November, 29th
Sentence place
Papal States - Rome - Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio
Crime category
Others and Solicitation
Lista dei Crimini:

stealing 2,000 scudi from the Holy Office and forging documents of the inquisitorial cardinals.

Reason for conviction
stealing 2,000 scudi from the Holy Office and forging documents of the inquisitorial cardinals
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
29/11/1614
Authority
Governor of Rome
Execution place
Execution type
Hanged
In effigy
No
After death
No
Presence of doctors / surgeons
Unknown
Name of the doctors / surgeons:
Presence of comforters
Yes
Name of the comforters
Arciconfraternita di San Giovanni Decollato
Presence of rebels / riots
No
Sacraments imparted
Yes
Note for execution

Fonti

Letters

Vatican City, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Segreteria di Stato, Principi, 172, f. 474r. (in Angione, In Parte d’Infedeli, p. 56n137).

Decrees and acdf sources

Vatican City, ACDF, Sant’Officio, Decreta Sancti Officii 1614, p. 257.

Confraternities

Roma, Archivio di Stato, Confraternita di San Giovanni Decollato, busta 8, reg. 16, f. 29; reg. 17, f. 80r.

Printed or manuscript notices and reports

Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Sessoriano, ms. Sess. 270, 11.