Pietro Giovanni Biancolini
Basic information
- Patronymic
- Other names
- Genre
- Male
- Place of origin
- Date of birth
- Attributed date of birth
- No
- Age at the time of execution
- Marital status
- Unknown
- Last occupation / Qualification
- Shearman and merchant
- Previous occupations
- Religious status
- Religious order
- Accusations
Proceedings
- Start date
- 1552
- End date
- 2 February 1570
- Courts involved
- Inquisition of Modena, Inquisition of Piacenza
- Extradition
- No
- Other judges involved
- Notes
Start date: beginning of the first trial
End date: sentence
Sentence
- Court
- Inquisition of Modena
- Local judge
- Nicolò dal Finale
- Sentence date
- 2 February 1570
- Sentence place
- Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Crime category
- Formal heresy
- List of crimes
He denied the existence of Purgatory, he denied the authority of the pope, he denied the real presence of the body and blood in the Eucharist, he denied the value of suffrages for the dead, he distrusted the reforming action of the Council, he blamed and condemned the splendor of sacred vestments and the riches of the Church.
- Reason for conviction
- Contumacious
- Accessory penalties
- Confiscation of assets
Execution
- Execution date
- 4 February 1570
- Authority
- Governor of Modena
- Execution place
- Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Execution type
- Burned
- In effigy
- Yes
- After death
- No
- Presence of doctors / surgeons
- No
- Name of the doctors / surgeons
- Presence of comforters
- No
- Name of the comforters
- Presence of rebels / riots
- No
- Sacraments imparted
- No
- Notes for execution
Sources
- Letters
- Local inquisitorial trials and documents
On the proceedings:
Modena, Archivio di Stato, Inquisizione, b. 3-4
On the execution:
Modena, Archivio di Stato, b. 6, f. 31 (edited in Al Kalak, Gli eretici di Modena, p. 276)
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