Giulio Maresio

Basic information

Patronymic
Other names
Giulio Maresi, Giulio Macerio, Giulio Marosio, Giulio Maresco, and Girolamo Manesio
Genre
Male
Place of origin
Belluno, Republic of Venice
Date of birth
1522
Attributed date of birth
Yes
Age at the time of execution
45
Marital status
Not applicable
Last occupation / Qualification
Guardian of the Convent of S. Pietro
Previous occupations
Religious status
Cleric
Religious order
Franciscans
Accusations

Proceedings

Start date
1550 after March
End date
21 September 1567
Courts involved
Inquisition of Venice, Congregation of the Holy Office, Inquisition of Belluno
Extradition
Yes
Other judges involved
Notes

Start date refers to the first trial accusation

Sentence

Court
Congregation of the Holy Office
Local judge
Sentence date
21 September 1567
Sentence place
Rome, Papal States
Crime category
Formal heresy
List of crimes
  • Following Calvin, acknowledged only baptism, the Eucharist, and penance as true sacraments.

  • Maintained that Christ’s presence in the Eucharist was spiritual rather than corporeal.

  • Challenged the primacy of the pope.

  • Denied the existence of free will.

  • Rejected the doctrine of purgatory.

  • Denied the validity of indulgences and jubilees.

Reason for conviction
Relapso
Accessory penalties

Execution

Execution date
01 October 1567
Authority
Governor of Rome
Execution place
Rome, Papal States, Ponte Sant'Angelo square
Execution type
beheaded and burned
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
Notes for execution

Sacraments imparted: confession and communion

Sources

Letters

Venezia, Archivio di Stato, Senato, Dispacci, Ambasciatori, Roma, f. 2, c. 303r;

Mantova, Archivio di Stato, Archivio Gonzaga, 898, cc. 492r-493r (in: Stefano Davari, Cenni storici intorno al tribunale della Inquisizione in Mantova, in “Archivio Storico Lombardo”, 6 (1879), pp. 547-565); Archivio Gonzaga, 1499, c. 417.

Firenze, Archivio di Stato, Mediceo, 3593, c. 144.

Local inquisitorial trials and documents
Decrees and acdf sources
Legal opinions consultations
Registers of the condemned
Other magistracies
Petitions
Confraternities

Roma, Archivio di Stato, Confraternita di S. Giovanni Decollato, b. 3, v. 6, Giornale, cc. 106v-107r.

Rome, Archivio di Stato, Confraternita di S. Giovanni Decollato, b. 3, v. 7, Libro del proveditore, c. 78r.

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