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Inquisition trial on demonic possession, 1634-1661
An account of an inquisition trial held in the vicinity of Rome against a woman accused of being possessed by the devil, after she killed someone with a musket while cursing and behaving in an obscene manner. The defendant was condemned to death by the Holy Inquisition.
"Libro quarto de cartas de los Agentes del Santo Oficio en Roma, al Consejo de Inquisición, desde el año de mil y quinientos y noventa y seies, hasta el de mil y seiscientos y diez", 1596-1610
Collection of approximately 60 letters from inquisitorial agents to the Suprema at Madrid, reporting on political and religious developments in Rome. Most are signed by Juan de Hoces, but Francisco Peña's and other signatures also appear.
Prosecution of Juan Rodríguez Bejarano for bigamy, 1771 February 21
Lengthy essay calling for an inquisitorial trial of disabled soldier Juan Rodríguez Bejarano, for bigamy. Several documents compiled in a single hand as a defense of inquisitorial jurisdiction in such matters. Includes Latin and Italian citations of earlier cases, laws, and scriptures.
Romeo y Anderaz, Juan Antonio; Antonio Ibañez de la Riva Herrara, "Los adjuntos edictos, y censuras, con que el Arzobispo de Zaragoza, y los Inquisidores del Reino de Aragon buelben...", circa 1707
Letters from an Aragonese noble to cardinal Vicenzo Grimani (with copies in both Spanish and Italian, dated 1707) reporting on alleed archiepiscopal and inquisitorial anti-Hapsburg activities. Archbishop Antonio Ibáñez de la Riva's edict denouncing anti-Bourbon rebels follows. Both documents have ben copied into a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 344-350 and 352.
Romeo y Anderaz, Juan Antonio, "Se bene con lettera delli nn. Del passato informai V.E. d'ordine del re (dio lo guardi) delle animosita dell'Arcivescovo, et Inquisitori di Saragossa…", circa 1707
Italian translated copy of a 1707 letter from an Aragonese noble to cardinal Vicenzo Grimani, reporting on alleged archiepiscopal and inquisitorial anti-Hapsburg activities. The document has been copied into a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 353. See INQ-21.