List of people executed by the Holy See
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Papal States
The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...
and/or on the orders of the Pope
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
. Although capital punishment in Vatican City
Capital punishment in Vatican City
Capital punishment in Vatican City was legal between 1929 and 1969, reserved for attempted assassination of the Pope, although the Vatican City has never carried out an execution...
was legal from 1929 to 1969, no executions took place. This list does not include people executed by other authorities of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
or those executed by Inquisition
Inquisition
The Inquisition, Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis , was the "fight against heretics" by several institutions within the justice-system of the Roman Catholic Church. It started in the 12th century, with the introduction of torture in the persecution of heresy...
s other than the Roman Inquisition
Roman Inquisition
The Roman Inquisition was a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of a wide array of crimes related to heresy, including Protestantism, sorcery, immorality, blasphemy, Judaizing and witchcraft, as...
, or those killed in wars involving the Papal States, or those killed extra-judicially.
Most executions were related to the punishment of civil crimes committed within the Papal States, with the condemned convicted within the civil courts of the Papal States; for example, in 1585, Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V , born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590.-Early life:The chronicler Andrija Zmajević states that Felice's family originated from modern-day Montenegro...
initiated a "zero tolerance" crackdown on crime, which according to legend resulted in more severed heads collected on the Castel Sant'Angelo
Castel Sant'Angelo
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family...
bridge than melons in the Roman markets. The best records are from the tenure of Giovanni Battista Bugatti
Giovanni Battista Bugatti
Giovanni Battista Bugatti was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1865. He was the longest-serving executioner in the States and was nicknamed Mastro Titta, a Roman corruption of maestro di giustizia, or master of justice...
, the executioner of the Papal States between March 22, 1796 and August 17, 1861, who recorded the name of the condemned, the crime, and the location of the execution for each of the 516 "justices" he performed for the popes. Bugatti's list ends: "So ends the long list of Bugatti. May that of his successor be shorter".
Before 1816, the most common methods of execution were the axe and noose (with burning at the stake used in high profile instances); after 1816, the guillotine
Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
(installed by the French during their control of Rome
Roman Republic (18th century)
The Roman Republic was proclaimed on February 15, 1798 after Louis Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome on February 10....
) became the norm. However, after 1816, two other methods—the mazzatello
Mazzatello
Mazzatello was a method of capital punishment used by the Papal States from the late 18th century to 1870. The method was named after the implement used in the execution: a large, long-handled mallet or pole-ax...
(crushing of the head with a large mallet, followed by a cutting of the throat) and drawing and quartering
Hanged, drawn and quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III and his successor, Edward I...
(sometimes, but not always, after a hanging)—continued to be used for crimes that were considered "especially loathsome".
The execution sites of choice were the Castel Sant'Angelo
Castel Sant'Angelo
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family...
bridge, the Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name.The piazza lies inside the northern...
, and Via dei Cerchi near the Piazza della Bocca della Verita. Papal law prescribed a payment of only three cents of the Roman lira per execution for the executioner to "mark the vileness of his work" but did not prohibit the free lodging, tax concessions, and large pension awarded to Bugatti.
- The date in parentheses is the date of the execution.
12th century
- Arnold of BresciaArnold of BresciaArnold of Brescia , also known as Arnaldus , was an Italian monk from Lombardy who called on the Church to renounce ownership of property and participated in the failed Commune of Rome. Eventually arrested, he was hanged by the Church, burned posthumously, and then had his ashes thrown into the...
, monk and participant in the Commune of RomeCommune of RomeThe Commune of Rome was an attempt to establish a government like the old Roman Republic in opposition to the temporal power of the higher nobles and the popes beginning in 1144...
(1155)
15th century
- Astorre I Manfredi, Italian condottiero (November 28, 1405)
- Matteuccia de Francesco, Italian nun and alleged "Witch of Ripabianca" (1428)
- Antongaleazzo BentivoglioAntongaleazzo BentivoglioAntongaleazzo Bentivoglio was an Italian condottiero.The son of Giovanni I Bentivoglio, after the murder of his father, Antongaleazzo studied law and was a leader of the republic opposition in Bologna against the authority of the Antipope John XXIII...
, Italian condottiero (1435) - Girolamo SavonarolaGirolamo SavonarolaGirolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar, Scholastic, and an influential contributor to the politics of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498. He was known for his book burning, destruction of what he considered immoral art, and what he thought the Renaissance—which began in his...
(along with Fra Domenico da Pescia and Fra Silvestro), Dominican priest and leader of FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
(May 23, 1498) - Eighteen thieves who robbed and killed Holy Year pilgrims (August 27, 1500)
16th century
- Pietro BernardinoPietro BernardinoPietro Bernardino dei Fanciulli was a follower of Savonarola.Born at Florence, his parents were common folk, and he himself lacked higher education...
, follower of Savonarola (1502) - Cardinal Alfonso PetrucciAlfonso PetrucciAlfonso Petrucci was an Italian nobleman, born to the Petrucci dynasty. He was the son of Pandolfo Petrucci. In 1511, he was made a cardinal, which gave the Petrucci dynasty some influence with the church....
, convicted of plotting against Pope Leo XPope Leo XPope Leo X , born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was the Pope from 1513 to his death in 1521. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known for granting indulgences for those who donated to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 Theses...
(July 16, 1517) - Gian Paolo BaglioniGian Paolo BaglioniGian Paolo Baglioni was an Italian condottiero and lord of Perugia.He was the son of Rodolfo Baglioni and initially fought mostly in Umbria, especially against the family rivals, the Oddi. In 1498 he was hired by Florence to held minor operations in Umbria.In July 1500 he escaped an assassination...
, Italian condottiero (June 1520) - Cardinal Carlo CarafaCarlo CarafaCarlo Carafa of a distinguished family of Naples, vicious and talented was successively condottiero in the service of France and of Spain, vying for their protectorates in Italy until 1555, when he was made a cardinal, to 1559 the all-powerful favourite and Cardinal Nephew of Pope Paul IV Carafa,...
and Giovanni Carafa, Duke of PalianoGiovanni Carafa, Duke of PalianoGiovanni Carafa , Duke of Paliano, was a papal nephew and minor Italian prince.The son of Giovanni Alfonso Carafa, Count of Montorio, and Caterina Cantelma, Giovanni came to prominence along with his brothers Carlo and Antonio when their uncle, Cardinal Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was elected Pope Paul...
, nephews of Paul IVPope Paul IVPope Paul IV, C.R. , né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from 23 May 1555 until his death.-Early life:Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina, near Avellino, into a prominent noble family of Naples...
, sentenced to strangulation in prison and beheading, respectively, by Pius IVPope Pius IVPope Pius IV , born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 1559 to 1565. He is notable for presiding over the culmination of the Council of Trent.-Biography:...
, as his first public act (March 5, 1561) - Pomponio AlgerioPomponio AlgerioPomponio Algerio was a civil law student at the University of Padua whose radical theological beliefs attracted the attention of the Roman Inquisition. At his trial, he wore his academic hat and gown to remind the tribunal that, as a student, he had the right to freely express his ideas...
, civil law student at the University of PaduaUniversity of PaduaThe University of Padua is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second...
(1566) - Pietro CarnesecchiPietro CarnesecchiPietro Carnesecchi was an Italian humanist.-Biography:Born in Florence, he was the son of a da Andrea Carnesecchi, a merchant who under the patronage of the Medici, and especially of Giulio de' Medici as Pope Clement VII, rapidly rose to high office at the papal court.He came into touch with the...
, Italian humanist (October 1, 1567) - Aonio PalearioAonio PalearioAonio Paleario was an Italian humanist and reformer.-Life:He was born about 1500 at Veroli, in the Roman Campagna. Other forms of his name are Antonio Della Paglia, A. Degli Pagliaricci....
, Italian Protestant (July 3, 1570) - MenocchioMenocchioMenocchio, also known as Domenico Scandella, was a Friulian miller born in 1532 in the village of Montereale, twenty-five kilometers north of Pordenone...
, Friulian miller, mayor, and philosopher (1599) - Beatrice CenciBeatrice CenciBeatrice Cenci was an Italian noblewoman. She is famous as the protagonist in a lurid murder trial in Rome....
, Italian noblewoman convicted of murder (September 11, 1599)
- Giordano BrunoGiordano BrunoGiordano Bruno , born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star, and moreover, that the universe contained an infinite number of inhabited...
, Italian priest, philosopher, cosmologist, and occultist (February 17, 1600)
17th century
- Ferrante PallavicinoFerrante PallavicinoFerrante Pallavicino was an Italian writer of lampoons and satires which, according to Edward Muir, "were so popular that booksellers and printers bought them from him at a premium." Pallavicino's scandalous satires, which cost him his head at the age of twenty-eight, were all published under...
, Italian satirist (March 5, 1644) - Giulia TofanaGiulia TofanaGiulia Tofana or Toffana was an Italian professional poisoner. She was famous for selling poison to women who wanted to murder their husbands. She was the inventor of the famous poison Aqua Tofana, which is named after her....
, namesake of the Aqua TofanaAqua TofanaAqua Tofana was a strong poison that was reputedly widely used in Naples and Rome, Italy...
poison (July 1659) - Girolama Spera, daughter and accomplice of Giulia Tofana (July 1659)
- Assistants and clients of the poison-maker Giulia Tofana (July 1659)
18th century
- Nicholas Gentilucci, convicted of murdering a clergyman and robbing friars, first person executed by Bugatti (March 22, 1796)
- Nicola Gentilucci, hanged and quartered in FolignoFolignoFoligno is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system...
, convicted of strangling and killing a Priest, a coachman and of robbing two friars (March 22, 1796). - Sabatino Caramina, hanged in Amelia, convicted of murder (January 14, 1797)
- Marco Rossi, bludgeoned to death and quartered in ValentanoValentanothumb|250px|View of Valentano.Valentano is a town and comune of the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is 33 km from the provincial capital, Viterbo.left|thumb|220px|Rocca Farnese in Valentano....
, convicted of the murders of his uncle and of his cousin (March 28, 1797). - Giacomo dell'Ascensione, hanged at Piazza del PopoloPiazza del PopoloPiazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name.The piazza lies inside the northern...
, convicted of smashing many shops (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (August 7, 1797). - Pacifico Sentinelli, hanged in JesiJesithumb|250px|Teatro Pergolesi.Iesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche, Italy.It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea.-History:Iesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri...
, convicted of the murders of the gaoler and of his wife (October 30, 1797).
19th century
- Note: Executions between 1798 and 1815 (Congress of ViennaCongress of ViennaThe Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
), executions in papal Rome were to some degree controlled by the French authorities.
1800-1810
- Gregorio Silvestri, hanged at Piazza del Popolo, self-confessed conspirator (January 18, 1800).
- Antonio Felici, Gio. Antonio Marinucci and Antonio Russo, hanged at Ponte, convicted of robbery (January 20, 1800).
- Pietro Zanelli, hanged at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of forgery of money (January 22, 1800).
- Francesco Gropaldi, hanged at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of robbery (afternoon of January 22, 1800).
- Ottavio Cappello, hanged at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of attempted armed revolution (January 29, 1800).
- Alessandro d'Andrea, hanged at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of the theft of a watch (February 1, 1800).
- Gio. Batta Genovesi, hanged, quartered and his corpse burnt at Ponte, convicted of stealing two ciboria; his head was, then, taken to the Arch of the Holy Spirit (February, 27 1800).
- Gioacchino Lucarelli, Luigi de Angelis, Lorenzo Robotti, Giovanni Rocchi and Antonio Mauro, convicted of strangling and killing a Priest, were hanged and their heads and arms were cut off and displayed at Porta Angelica, and two were burnt at Ponte S. Angelo, (May 6, 1800).
- Bernardino Bernardi, convicted of the same offence, was hanged and had his head and arms cut off which were, then, displayed at Porta S. Sebastiano (..., 1800).
- Giuseppe Zuccherini, Giuseppe Sfreddi and Giacomo d'Andrea, hanged and quartered at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of killing a messenger from Venice (January 19, 1801).
- Luigi Puerio, Ermenegildo Scani, Gaetano Lideri and Leonardo Ferranti, hanged and quartered in CamerinoCamerinoCamerino is a small town of 7.135 inhabitants in the Marches , in the province of Macerata, Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about 40 miles from Ancona....
, convicted of killing a Spanish princess (January 27, 1801). - Teodoro Cacciona, hanged and quartered at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of stealing a pair of boots and L.60 (February 9, 1801).
- Fabio Valeri, bludgeoned to death and quartered in Albano, convicted of robbing an AricciaAricciaAriccia is a town and comune in the Province of Rome, central Italy. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio region and could be considered an extension of Rome's southeastern suburbs...
shopkeeper (February 14, 1801). - Francesco Pretolani, hanged and quartered in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of robbing and killing an innkeeper and his wife (February 21, 1801). - Giovanni Fabrini, hanged at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of murder in time of peace (June 6, 1801).
- Domenico Treca, hanged in SubiacoSubiaco, ItalySubiaco is a town and comune in the Province of Rome, in Lazio, Italy, from Tivoli alongside the river Aniene. It is mainly renowned as a tourist and religious resort for its sacred grotto , in the St. Benedict's Abbey, and the other Abbey of St. Scholastica...
, convicted of killing his wife, a priest and another person (July 4, 1801). - Benedetto Nobili, bludgeoned to death at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of killing his wife, a midwife and of his house's arson (September 1, 1801).
- Antonio Neri, hanged in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, convicted of stealing two thousand golden and silver scudiPapal States scudoThe Roman scudo was the currency of the Papal States until 1866. It was subdivided into 100 baiocchi , each of 5 quattrini...
from a goldsmith, using a false key (September 26, 1801). - Domenico de Cesare, hanged at Ponte, convicted of robbing a road-sweeper (February 8, 1802).
- Ascenzo Rocchi and Gio. Batta Limiti hanged and quartered at Ponte, convicted of robbing carters (February 20, 1802).
- Gio. Francesco Pace di Venanzio, bludgeoned to death, his throat was then slit and he was quartered at Ponte, convicted of killing a Jew and of robbery (March 15, 1802).
- Domenico Zeri, bludgeoned to death and his throat was then slit in FermoFermoFermo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo.Fermo is located on a hill, the Sabulo with a fine view, on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway....
, convicted of his father's murder (April 3, 1802). - Salvatore Bozzi and Giuseppe Flacidi hanged and quartered at Ponte, convicted of robbery (April 28, 1802).
- Agostina Paglialonga, hanged in OrvietoOrvietoOrvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...
, convicted of three infanticideInfanticideInfanticide or infant homicide is the killing of a human infant. Neonaticide, a killing within 24 hours of a baby's birth, is most commonly done by the mother.In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were considered permissible...
s (May 5, 1802). - Antonio Nucci, bludgeoned to death and quartered in PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
, convicted of robbing and killing a friarFriarA friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders.-Friars and monks:...
(May 8, 1802). - Luigi Fantusati, bludgeoned to death and quartered in PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
, convicted of robbing and killing his master (May 8, 1802). - Giovanni Ferri, Fortunato Ferri and Nicola Ferri, German brothers, hanged and quartered in TerracinaTerracinaTerracina is a town and comune of the province of Latina - , Italy, 76 km SE of Rome by rail .-Ancient times:...
, convicted of robbing a messenger from Napoli (May 25, 1802). - Gio. Batta Germani, hanged in CeccanoCeccanoCeccano is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, central Italy.-History:The town had its origins as an ancient Volscian citadel that surrendered to the Romans in 424 BC...
, convicted of murder (May 29, 1802). - Cosimo Moronti, hanged in Genazzano, convicted of premeditated murder (June 1, 1802).
- Filippo Cataletti, hanged in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
, convicted of murder (June 18, 1802). - Felice Rovina, hanged in Collevecchio, convicted of killing a hermit by strangulation (July 7, 1802).
- Bernardino Palamantelli, convicted of murder and robbery; hanged at Ponte (September 13, 1802).
- Stefano Viotti, bludgeoned to death in Subiaco, convicted of his father's murder (September 13, 1802).
- Francesco Angelo Sorelli, hanged in Ronciglione, convicted of a woman's murder (December 15, 1802).
- Giacomo Balletti, bludgeoned to death in Ronciglione, convicted of his father's murder (December 15, 1802).
- Domenico Guidi, hanged in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of murder (December 18, 1802). - Antonio Lavagnini, hanged and quartered in Zagarola, convicted of robbing 27 paoli from a man (February 5, 1803).
- Gio. Domenico Raggi and Giuseppe Cioneo hanged in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of robberies and murders (March 5, 1803). - Antonio Boracocoli, hanged in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, convicted of stabbing a sailor, of throwing his body into the sea, without killing him, and of robbing him 200 scudiPapal States scudoThe Roman scudo was the currency of the Papal States until 1866. It was subdivided into 100 baiocchi , each of 5 quattrini...
(March 15, 1803). - Francesco Conti, hanged in Città di CastelloCittà di CastelloCittà di Castello is a city and comune in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain of the river Tiber. The city is north of Perugia and south of Cesena on the S3bis. It is connected to the A1...
, convicted of violently deflowering a spinster, in her father's house, with five comrades and of stealing 30 scudiPapal States scudoThe Roman scudo was the currency of the Papal States until 1866. It was subdivided into 100 baiocchi , each of 5 quattrini...
from her (April 26, 1803). - Angiolo Rossi, hanged in GubbioGubbioGubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia . It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. See also Mount Ingino Christmas Tree.-History:...
, convicted of bestial and senseless murder (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (May 2, 1803). - Giovanni Tranquilli and Vincenzo Pellicciari hanged and quartered at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of thefts and a robbery (May 21, 1803).
- Nicola Rossi, bludgeoned to death and quartered in TerracinaTerracinaTerracina is a town and comune of the province of Latina - , Italy, 76 km SE of Rome by rail .-Ancient times:...
, convicted of the Terracina registrar's murder; his head was then displayed at Cisterna (June 7, 1803). - Giuseppe delle Broccole, hanged in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
(August 8, 1803), convicted of thefts and a murder. - Vincenzo Bianchi, bludgeoned to death and quartered in OrvietoOrvietoOrvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...
, convicted of robberies and a murder (December 10, 1803). - Giuseppe Ceci, hanged in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
, convicted of robberies and a murder (March 8, 1804). - Crescenzio, also known as Vincenzo Imondi, hanged in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
, convicted of willful murder (July 12, 1804). - Mattia Ricci, hanged at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of murder and resistance to the Court (September 22, 1804).
- Angiolo son of Pietro di Agostini, hanged and quartered in CasciaCasciaCascia is a town and comune of the Italian province of Perugia in a rather remote area of the mountainous southeastern corner of Umbria. It is about 21 km from Norcia on the road to Rieti in the Lazio .-History:...
, convicted of murder and robbery (October 10, 1804). - Gregorio Pinto and Paolo Bimbo hanged and quartered in JesiJesithumb|250px|Teatro Pergolesi.Iesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche, Italy.It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea.-History:Iesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri...
, convicted of robbery (October 17, 1805). - Giuseppe Gatti, Mattia Gatti and Valentino Margheri hanged and quartered at Piazza del Popolo, convicted robbers (February 12, 1805).
- Domenico Civitella, hanged, convicted robber (February 12, 1805).
- Luigi Masi, hanged in FermoFermoFermo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo.Fermo is located on a hill, the Sabulo with a fine view, on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway....
(March 30, 1805), convicted of deflowering a spinster, of her battery and her father's murder. - Filippo Mazzocchi and Giuseppe Guglia hanged and quartered at Ponte (June 10, 1805), convicted robbers.
- Sebastiano Spadoni, hanged in Iesi (September 4, 1805), convicted of his brother German's murder and of hiding his corpse in a well.
- Luigi Giovansanti, convict, hanged in CivitavecchiaCivitavecchiaCivitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...
(September 23, 1805), convicted of the murder of another convict. - Niccola Alicolis, hanged and quartered at Merluzza (October 1, 1805), convicted of murders.
- Santi Moretti, hanged and quartered at the little bridge out of Porta San Paolo by the executioner's helper (1805), convicted of robbery.
- Gioacchino, also known as Bernardino Rinaldi, bludgeoned to death and quartered in Campo de' FioriCampo de' FioriCampo de' Fiori is a rectangular square near Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, on the border of rione Parione and rione Regola. Campo de' Fiori, translated literally from Italian, means "field of flowers"...
(October 9, 1805), convicted of the murders of his wife, who was expecting two babies, and of his apprentice. - Paolo Salvati, hanged and quartered in MacerataMacerataMacerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
(December 11, 1805), convicted of robbing a papal messenger and a foreigner. - Bernardo Fortuna, hanged and quartered in Ponte Felice (April 22, 1806), convicted of robbing a French messenger.
- Pasquale Rastelli, hanged and quartered in Amelia (May 20, 1806), convicted of robbery and murder.
- Tommaso Rotiliesi, hanged at Ponte (June 9, 1806), convicted for slightly wounding a French officer.
- Bernardino Salvati, hanged in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
(July 12, 1806), convicted of the murder of one of his companions. - Giuseppe Pistillo called Fatino, hanged and quartered in TerracinaTerracinaTerracina is a town and comune of the province of Latina - , Italy, 76 km SE of Rome by rail .-Ancient times:...
(August 13, 1806), convicted of robberies. - Giuseppe Agnone, hanged e quartered in TerracinaTerracinaTerracina is a town and comune of the province of Latina - , Italy, 76 km SE of Rome by rail .-Ancient times:...
, convicted of robbery (August 13, 1806). - Giuseppe Chiappa, bludgeoned to death and quartered in MacerataMacerataMacerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
(September 25, 1806), convicted of murder; he was a hired assassin, who had been paid 50 scudiPapal States scudoThe Roman scudo was the currency of the Papal States until 1866. It was subdivided into 100 baiocchi , each of 5 quattrini...
to kill the father of a young man, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. - Gioacchino Cellini, hanged in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
(January 27, 1807), convicted of murders and robberies. - Tommaso Grassi, hanged at Ponte S. Angelo (April 15, 1807), convicted of the murders of his brother-in-law and of another man.
- Luigi Tomeucci, hanged in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
(April 21, 1807), convicted of murders. - Cesare di Giulio and Bernardino Troiani hanged and quartered in Campo Vaccino (May 2, 1807), convicted of robberies.
- Giuseppe Brunelli and Agostino Paoletti hanged in GubbioGubbioGubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia . It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. See also Mount Ingino Christmas Tree.-History:...
(July 6, 1807), convicted of premeditated murder caused by jealousy. - Giuseppe Romiti, hanged in NarniNarniNarni is an ancient hilltown and comune of Umbria, in central Italy, with 20,100 inhabitants, according to the 2003 census. At an altitude of 240 m , it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in the province of Terni. It is very close to the Geographic center of Italy...
(December 12, 1807), convicted of barbaric murder. - Angiolo Caratelli, his brother Paolo Caratelli, Antonio Scarinei and Rosa Ruggeri hanged in TodiTodiTodi is a town and comune of the province of Perugia in central Italy. It is perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction.In the 1990s, Richard S...
(July 6, 1808), because Rosa had asked the three men to kill her husband.
1810-1819
The following executions were carried out by beheading under French rule.- Tommaso Tintori, local man convicted of homicide and first to be guillotined (1810)
- Saverio Ricca also known as Principe ("Prince")
- Giuseppe Loi convicted of robbery (March 5, 1810).
- Giuseppe Gieomenico, convicted of murder and robbery (March 12, 1810).
- Anna Morotti widow of Renzi, Vincenzo Gentili and Alessandro Valeri, convicted of murder (April 12, 1810).
- Domenico Dichilo and Antonio Talucci, convicted of murders (April 2, 1810).
- Raffaele Mori, convicted of willful murder (May 8, 1810).
- Giovanni Scipioni, convicted of murder, (May 28, 1810).
- Pasquale Masi, convicted of robbery, (June 27, 1810).
- Andrea Dagiuni, convicted of murder, (July 3, 1810).
- Michele Filippi, convicted of his uncle's attempted murder (July 7, 1810).
- Niccola Quintarelli, convicted of premeditated murder (July 30, 1810).
- Lorenzo Bellucci and Francesco Teatini, convicted of murder and robberies (August 21, 1810).
- Domenico also known as Gaspero Germagnoli, convicted of the murders of his father and of a woman (September 10, 1810).
- Evangelista Bufalieri, convicted of murder (September 14, 1810)
- Severio Iaunardi also known as Sfacona, convicted of premeditated murders (September 25, 1810).
- Giovanni Cusciè, convicted of premeditated murders (November 14, 1810).
- Celio Lanciani, convicted of premeditated murder (November 14, 1810).
- Clemente D'Angelis, convicted of his uncle's premeditated murder (November 19, 1810).
- Camillo Cerini and Caterina Tranquilli, convicted of murder and assassination (November 26, 1810).
- Antonio Grepi, convicted of premeditated murders (February 9, 1811).
- Giovanni Croce, convicted of murder with assassination (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (November 2, 1811). - Gaspero Bacciarelli, convicted of assassination (May 18, 1811).
- Domenico Brucchioni and Gradigliano Patricelli , convicted of assassination (June 25, 1811).
- Bartolomeo econvictedzzi, convicted of assassination, (July 4, 1811).
- Gio. Domenico Pensierosi and Nicola Reai, convicted of assassination (July 13, 1811).
- Silverio Patrizi, convicted of murder and assassination (July 22, 1811).
- Prospero Montagna, convicted of premeditated murder (November 6, 1811).
- Luigi Matocci, convicted of premeditated murder (December 31, 1811).
- Francesco son of Pietro Paolo Mattia, convicted of assassination, (February 3, 1812).
- Domenico Cracciani, convicted of premeditated murder (February 22, 1812).
- Lorenzo Tiberi, convicted of his uncle's murder, was executed in Poggio San Lorenzo (March 18, 1812).
- Giuseppe Trombetti, convicted of premeditated murder and
- Pasquale De Sartis, convicted of assassination (March 30, 1812)
- Luigi Lombardi, convicted of assassination (October 2, 1812).
- Maria Antonia Tarducci, convicted of infanticideInfanticideInfanticide or infant homicide is the killing of a human infant. Neonaticide, a killing within 24 hours of a baby's birth, is most commonly done by the mother.In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were considered permissible...
, (November 10, 1812). - Emanuel Calvi, convicted of murder and assassination, (November 10, 1812).
- David Troia and Domenica Senese, convicted of conspiracy to commit murder (December 9, 1812).
- Giuseppe Padovani, convicted of assassination with theft (December 12, 1812).
- Benedetto Canale, convicted of assassination, and
- Giuseppe Sprega, convicted of premeditated murder (January 25, 1813).
- Pompeo Greco, convicted of assassination with premeditation of murder (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (January 29, 1813). - Germano Franchi, convicted of attempted premeditated murder; the execution took place in Supino (February 15, 1813).
- Gio. Crisostomo Martini, convicted of assassination (April 2, 1813)
- Angiolo Maria Parisella and Antonio Gasparoni, convicted of premeditated assassination (November 15, 1813)
- Francesco Grossi, convicted of premeditated murder (November 24, 1813)
- Luigi Bellaria, convicted of premeditated murder (December 28, 1813)
Under Restored Pontifical Governance:
- Gio. Antonio Antonelli and Pietro Proietto, hanged and quartered, convicted of robberies, (October 22, 1814).
- Vincenzo Zaghetti, convicted of murder with robbery, hanged, and
- Sebastiano Tirelli, convicted of robbery, hanged and quartered (December 3, 1814).
- Francesco Quagliani, Mariano Bonotti, Gaetano Giordani and Angiolo Pozzi, convicted of robberies, hanged and quartered (March 13, 1815)
- Antonio Cipriani, bludgeoned to death and quartered, convicted of murder and larceny; the execution took place in NorciaNorciaNorcia is a town and comune in the province of Perugia in southeastern Umbria, located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a subrange of the Apennines with some of its highest peaks, near the Sordo River, a small stream that eventually flows into the Nera...
(August 14, 1815). - Francesco Perelli and Carlo Castri, convicted of premeditated murder, hanged and quartered (February 17, 1816).
- Domenico Posati, hanged convicted of premeditated murders; the execution took place in NarniNarniNarni is an ancient hilltown and comune of Umbria, in central Italy, with 20,100 inhabitants, according to the 2003 census. At an altitude of 240 m , it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in the province of Terni. It is very close to the Geographic center of Italy...
(March 7, 1816). - Giuseppe Fiacchi, hanged convicted of premeditated murder caused by hatred occasioned by a civil litigation (March 9, 1816).
- Giuseppe Micozzi, convicted of treacherous murder with larceny bludgeoned to death and quartered (April 6, 1816)
- Vincenzo Bellini, Pietro Celestini, Domenico Pascucci, Francesco Formichetti and Michele Galletti, convicted of robberies, hanged and quartered; the executions took place in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(May 18, 1816). - Gioacchino de Simoni, bludgeoned to death and quartered in CollevecchioCollevecchioCollevecchio is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 70 km north of Rome and 45 km of Rieti. It is part of upper Sabina, between the Tiber River valley and the Monti Sabini....
, convicted of his wife's barbaric murder (May 27, 1816). - Giuseppe Tomei, hanged at Ponte, convicted of premeditated murder con premeditazione (August 17, 1816)
- Tommaso Borzoni, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of premeditated murders and larcenies (October 2, 1816).
- Pietro Spallotta, Benedetto Piccinini and Carlo Antonio Montagna, beheaded and quartered at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of robbery (October 10, 1816).
- Carlo Desideri, Luigi Brugiaferro and Giovanni Mora hanged and quartered in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
convicted of robberies (October, 16, 1816). - Paolo Antonini and Francesco Di Pietro beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of robberies (December 14, 1816).
- Saverio Gattofoni, beheaded in MacerataMacerataMacerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
, convicted of his wife's murder (January 20, 1817). - Antonio Guazzini, hanged in FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, convicted of murder and robbery (February 22, 1817). - Gio. Francesco Trani, Felice Rocchi and Felice De Simoni, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of murders e robberies (May 19, 1817).
- Agostino Del Vescovo, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of murder and larceny against a priest (July 19, 1817).
- Antonio Casagrande, beheaded and quartered in GubbioGubbioGubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia . It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. See also Mount Ingino Christmas Tree.-History:...
, and his head was then displayed atop the gate of the town, convicted of the murders of two young boys and a girl, with larceny (August 28, 1817). - Angiolo Conti, beheaded at Popolo, convicted of his wife's murder (September 9, 1817).
- Alessandro Papini, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of larcenies e robbery (September 30, 1817).
- Antonio Antoniani, hanged at Ponte, convicted of premeditated murder (September 7, 1816).
- Domenico son of Giacomo Gigli, Roman, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of senseless murder (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (December 1, 1817). - (Jew name) Angelo Camerino, (Christian name) Giuseppe-Angiolo, hanged in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, convicted of murder (January 13, 1818). - Ambrogio Piscini, beheaded in Loreto, convicted of murder and robbery (January 14, 1818).
- Antonio Galeotti, beheaded in PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
, convicted of treacherous murder and theft (February 23, 1818). - Andrea Emili, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of his father's murder; his head was then displayed atop the gate of Rocca Priora (April 13, 1818).
- Martino Sabatini
- Andrea Ridolfi hanged and quartered in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
convicted of robberies; their quartered body parts were then displayed (April 22, 1818) - Antonio Cicolono
- Luigi Renzi, hanged in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
, convicted of robbery and murder (November 21, 1818). - Angiolo Antonio Piccini, hanged in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of robberies and other felonies and of the barbaric murder, in CivitellaCivitella San PaoloCivitella San Paolo is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio, located about 35 km north of Rome....
, of miss Bonfiglioli and the robbing in her house (December 12, 1818) - Domenico Fontana, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of murders (March 10, 1819)
- Andrea son of Giuseppe Dolfi, Roman, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of senseless murder, being incarcerated at the Colosseo (August 2, 1819).
- Raffaele Vattani, Roman, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of his wife's poisoning (September 15, 1819).
- Pasquale son of Vincenzo Ferrini, , convicted of robbery, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, (December 2, 1819).
1820-1829
- Elia Sauve, convicted of larceny, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, (September 16, 1820).
- Leonardo Narducci son of the late Bartolommeo, from IschiaIschiaIschia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 km from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures around 10 km east to west and 7 km north to south and has...
, convicted of murders and robberies, hanged and quartered in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
(October 26, 1820). - Gio. Batta Clementi son of Giuseppe, from Rotella in the AscoliAscoli-Places of Italy:*Ascoli Piceno, a city and provincial seat in Marche*Ascoli Satriano, a town in the Province of Foggia*Porto d'Ascoli, a civil parish of San Benedetto del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno*Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche...
papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of murder and aggravated injuries (January 27, 1821). - Carmine son of Pietro Scaccia from Torrici, diocese of Frosinone, aged 23, convicted of robberies, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo (April 7, 1821).
- Giuseppe Moriconi and Benedetto De Carolis beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of robberies (June 7, 1821).
- Carlo Samuelli and Salvatore Torricelli, from TivoliTivoli, ItalyTivoli , the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italian town in Lazio, about 30 km east-north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills...
beheaded al Piazza del Popolo, convicted of robberies, (June 14, 1821). - Francesco Monti, Domenico Taschini and Luigi Onelli beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of robberies, (July 28, 1821).
- Vincenzo Zaccarelli and Vincenzo Moretti beheaded at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of senseless murders (August 6, 1821).
- Francesco son of Niccola Ferri, shot at the Bocca della Verità; his head was then taken to Collepiccolo, 46 miles away from RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(March 23, 1822). - Giuseppe Bartolini, beheaded in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of robberies and barbaric murders (April 30, 1822). - Angiolo Antonio son of the late Giuseppe Monterubianesi
- Pietro Antonio son of the late Giovanni Profeta
- Angiolo son of the late Giorgio Mannelli beheaded at Ponte Sant'Angelo, convicted of robberies (June 8, 1822)
- Domenico Piciconi from CaprarolaCaprarolaCaprarola is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio region of central Italy. The village is situated in a range of volcanic hills known as the Cimini Mounts....
, convicted of murder, assassination and other felonies, beheaded in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
(May 24, 1823). - Giovanni Binzaglia, beheaded in PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
, convicted of the murder of a sixteen-year-old girl (August 13, 1823). - Francesco Venturi in Castel Raimondo, convicted of robberies and other felonies (December 18, 1823).
- Antonio Capriotti, beheaded in FermoFermoFermo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo.Fermo is located on a hill, the Sabulo with a fine view, on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway....
, convicted of willful murder e robberies (July, 10 1824). - Niccola Sebastianelli, beheaded at the Bocca della Verità, convicted of armed robberies (July 15, 1824).
- Domenico Maggi and Girolamo Candelori beheaded at the Bocca della Verità convicted of robberies and larceny (July 24, 1824).
- Pasquale Ciavarra, beheaded in FrascatiFrascatiFrascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific...
, convicted of murder and robberies (October 6, 1824). - Giuseppe Panecascio, beheaded in FrascatiFrascatiFrascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific...
, convicted of murder and robberies (October 6, 1824). - Michele Farelli and Camillo Pistoia hanged in Pisterzo convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (October 26, 1824). - Tommaso Transerini, hanged in Propeli, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (October 27, 1824).
- Marco Quattrociocchi, hanged at S. Francesco, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (November 17, 1824).
- Giuseppe Sebastianelli, hanged in VallecorsaVallecorsaVallecorsa is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 90 km southeast of Rome and about 20 km south of Frosinone, in the Monti Ausoni area.Economy is based on olive production.-History:...
, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (November 20, 1824). - Francesco Cerquozzi, hanged at S. Lorenzo, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (November 22, 1824).
- Giovanni Pietrantoni, Biagio Cloggi and Vincenzo Bovi hanged in Giuliano di RomaGiuliano di RomaGiuliano di Roma is a comune in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 80 km southeast of Rome and about 12 km southwest of Frosinone.-References:...
, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (December 1, 1824). - Cesare Menta, hanged in SupinoSupinoSupino is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 10 km west of Frosinone...
, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (December 2, 1824). - Giovanni Montini, hanged in Pratica di Mare, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (January 19, 1825).
- Domenico Avoletti, hanged in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
, convicted of premeditated murders (April 14, 1825). - Lorenzo Maniconi, hanged in SupinoSupinoSupino is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 10 km west of Frosinone...
, convicted of brigandish assassination (April 18, 1825). - Giovanni Gasbarroni and Angiolo Gasbarroni hanged in SupinoSupinoSupino is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 10 km west of Frosinone...
, convicted of adhesion to the murderous brigands (April 18, 1825). - Casimirro Rainoni, beheaded in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, convicted of senseless murder irragionevole (July 19, 1825). - Leonida Montanari and Angiolo Targhini beheaded at Piazza del Popolo on 23 November 1825, convicted of lèse majestéLèse majestéLese-majesty is the crime of violating majesty, an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.This behavior was first classified as a criminal offence against the dignity of the Roman republic in Ancient Rome...
and of dangerous injuries - Giuseppe son of Vincenzo Franconi, bludgeoned to death at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of murder and larceny against a prelate (January 24, 1826).
- Luigi Ponetti, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of aggravated murder (March 1, 1826).
- Pietro Antonio son of Felice Tanucelli, beheaded at Piazza del Popolo, convicted of senseless murder (March 15, 1826).
- Lorenzo Raspante, beheaded in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of barbaric and aggravated murder (May 6, 1826). - Giuseppe son of Biagio Macchia, butcher, convicted of his wife's murder, beheaded (September 16, 1826).
- Luigi Zanoli, Angiolo Ortolani, Gaetano Montanari and Gaetano Rambelli, convicted of murders and attempted the attempted murder of the Most Excellent Rivarola, hanged in RavennaRavennaRavenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
(May 13, 1828). - Abramo Isacco Forti, called Marchino – and poisoning. (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) - Luigi Borgia son of the late Camillo from Montoro Romano, convicted of aggravated murder and resistance to authority with dangerous injuries beheaded at the Bocca della Verità (January 17, 1829).
- Filippo di Pietro Cavaterra, beheaded in GenzanoGenzano di RomaGenzano di Roma is a town and comune in the province of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is one of the Castelli Romani, at a distance of 29 km from Rome, on the Alban Hills.-History:The origin of the name Genzano is still disputed...
convicted of his uncle's murder (July 13, 1829).
1830-1839
- Antonio Vichi, beheaded in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, convicted of killing two babies with assassination (January 5, 1830). - Angiolo Pasquali and Giuliano, Benedictine, dioceseDioceseA diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
, convicted of barbaric, premeditated murder caused by hatred occasioned by a civil litigation, beheaded in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
(January 30, 1830). - Domenico Valeri, beheaded in TolentinoTolentinoTolentino is a town and comune of about 20,000 inhabitants, in the province of Macerata in the Marche region of central Italy.It is located in the middle of the valley of the Chienti.-History:...
, convicted of his wife's murder (February 15, 1830). - Luigi De Simoni, convicted of robberies and other felonies, beheaded in Albano LazialeAlbano LazialeAlbano Laziale is a comune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Latium, central Italy. It is also a suburb of Rome, which is 25 km distant. It is bounded by other communes of Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa, Ariccia and Ardea. Located in the Castelli Romani area of Lazio...
(May 22, 1830). - Vincenzo Bagliega from Chiaravalle, convicted of robberies, beheaded in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
(June 12, 1830). - Giacomo Martucci, convicted of barbaric murder, beheaded in Codescipoli (July 28, 1830).
- Francesco son of Tommaso Battistini, Roman, beheaded in Ponte S. Angelo square, convicted of aggravated murder to get indirect revenge (August 18, 1830).
- Felice son of Francesco Teatini from FrascatiFrascatiFrascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific...
, beheaded at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of senseless murder (September 11, 1830). - Mattia Marinelli and Giovanni Canulli, convicted di robberies, beheaded in Ponte S. Angiolo square (September 25, 1830) .
- Antonio Ascolani, convicted of his uncle's murder beheaded in S. Benedetto, dioceseDioceseA diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of FermoFermoFermo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo.Fermo is located on a hill, the Sabulo with a fine view, on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway....
(October 23, 1830). - Massimo Testa del Serrone, convicted of barbaric murder, beheaded in PalianoPalianoPaliano is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy.- History :Paliano was the seat of a branch of the powerful Colonna family whose head was Lord, then Duke, then Prince of Paliano. Their fortress dominates the town...
(July 12, 1831). - Prospero Ciolli son of Francesco from Olevano, convicted of treason and larceny, beheaded at Ponte S. Angelo (September 22, 1832).
- Francesco Pazzaglia di Colmurano from TolentinoTolentinoTolentino is a town and comune of about 20,000 inhabitants, in the province of Macerata in the Marche region of central Italy.It is located in the middle of the valley of the Chienti.-History:...
, papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
of MacerataMacerataMacerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
, beheaded in de' Cerchi road (February 4, 1833) - Antonio Majani della Granciolla and Francesco Massarini from Falconara, beheaded in Falconara, convicted of night robbery and assassination (March 30, 1833).
- Luigi Gambaccini d'Arcevia, beheaded in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, convicted of robbery with murder (May 7, 1833). - Giuseppe Balzani della Mendola, papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
of RiminiRiminiRimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa...
, convicted of lèse majestéLèse majestéLese-majesty is the crime of violating majesty, an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.This behavior was first classified as a criminal offence against the dignity of the Roman republic in Ancient Rome...
and - Giovanni Antonelli, Roman, carter, convicted of hos wife's murder, both beheaded de' Cerchi road (May 14, 1833).
- Antonio Urbinati di Paterno, convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
(June 19, 1833). - Benedetto Mazio son of the late Giuseppe, Roman, convicted of hideous premeditated murders, beheaded at Ponte S. Angelo (July 13, 1833).
- Luigi Cesaroni from Monte Giuducci, legation from UrbinoUrbinoUrbino is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482...
and PesaroPesaroPesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....
, beheaded in UrbinoUrbinoUrbino is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482...
, convicted of Luigi Costantini's aggravated murder (February 22, 1834). - Filippo Risi from Albano, convicted of murder on account of despicable reason, beheaded in Albano (June 14, 1834).
- Tommaso Centra from Rocca Gorga, convicted of the hospital cook's murder in the CivitavecchiaCivitavecchiaCivitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...
basinDock (maritime)A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...
(June 18, 1834). - Mariano Caroli from S. Alberto di Ravenna, and Stefano Montanari from CesenaCesenaCesena is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.-History:Cesena was originally an Umbrian...
, both convicted of the first hospital attendant's murder in the Civitavecchia basin. - Giovanni Amicozzi from Monteleone, convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
(June 30, 1834). - Michele Bianchi from OsimoOsimoOsimo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the province of Ancona, 15 km south of that town by rail. It is situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea.Silk-spinning and the raising of cocoons are carried on.-History:...
, convicted of his wife's murder, beheaded in Osimo (August 19, 1834). - Domenico Egidi, called Nino, from AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, convicted of willful murder, beheaded in Ancona (February 11, 1835). - Francesco Lucarini a.k.a. Botticelli, convicted of barbaric murder, beheaded in S. Stefano, province of FrosinoneProvince of FrosinoneThe Province of Frosinone is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 comuni . Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of 3,244 km², and a total population of 489,042 .The Province was established by Royal Decree on 6 December 1926 with territories belonging to Lazio...
(March 24, 1835). - Giovanni Orioli from Lugo, beheaded in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, at Ponte S. Angelo (July 11, 1835). - Francesco Grossi from S. Severino, there beheaded, convicted of parricideParricideParricide is defined as:*the act of murdering one's father , mother or other close relative, but usually not children ....
(October 17, 1835). - Antonio Rongelli from Belvedere, convicted of willful murder, beheaded in Ancona (February 20, 1836).
- Antonio Sordini from SpoletoSpoletoSpoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
, convicted of willful murder, beheaded in Spoleto (March 26, 1836). - Antonio Pianesi from Monte Casciano, convicted of murders, beheaded in MacerataMacerataMacerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
(October 27, 1836). - Luigi Galassi from Pofi, convicted of murder e robbery, beheaded in CivitavecchiaCivitavecchiaCivitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...
(December 21, 1837). - Paolo Ceccarelli from Poggio Nativo, convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
(January 3, 1838). - Geltrude Pellegrini from Monteguidone, convicted of her husband's parricide (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) , beheaded in dei Cerchi road (January 9, 1838). - Giuseppe Venturini from Albano convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in de' Cerchi road (January 25, 1838).
- Giuseppe Conti from Mangiano and Santi Moretti from Castello, convicted of premeditated murder caused by jealousy, beheaded in PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
(February 10, 1838). - Domenico Bombardieri from Filettino, convicted of his mother's murder, beheaded in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
(March 8, 1838). - Ilario Ilari and Pietro Paolo Panci from Corneto, and Domenico Caratelli and Giuseppe Bianchi, from ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of robberies beheaded in Viterbo (April 17, 1838). - Antonio Piero from Jesi, convicted of barbaric murder, beheaded in JesiJesithumb|250px|Teatro Pergolesi.Iesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche, Italy.It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea.-History:Iesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri...
(April 26, 1838). - Luigi Martelli and Niccola Guadagnoli, from Manno, beheaded in Manno, convicted of murder and robbery (July 24, 1838)
- Luigi Perugini son of the late Vincenzo, from Montolono, beheaded at Madonna de' Cerchi, convicted of larceny (September 4, 1838).
- Domenico Antonio Bellini from S. Angelo in Capoccia, beheaded in TivoliTivoli, ItalyTivoli , the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italian town in Lazio, about 30 km east-north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills...
, convicted of aggravated barbaric murder (September 27, 1838). - Dionisio Prudenzi from Camerino, there beheaded, convicted of uxoricideUxoricideUxoricide is murder of one's wife. It can refer to the act itself or the man who carries it out.- Known or suspected uxoricides:...
(October 27, 1838). - Francesco Ferretti from AnagniAnagniAnagni is an ancient town and comune in Latium, central Italy, in the hills east-southeast of Rome. It is a historical center in Ciociaria.-Geography:...
, convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in Anagni (July 3, 1839). - Pietro Pieroni, convicted of murder and larceny, beheaded at Ponte S. Angelo (October 15, 1839).
- Luigi Quattrociocchi, convicted of willful murder, beheaded in VeroliVeroli-History:Veroli became a Roman municipium in 90 BCE. It became the seat of a bishopric in 743 CE, and was occupied by Spanish milices, allied to the Colonna family, in the 16th troops.-Main sights:...
(November 5, 1839).
1840-1849
- Girolamo Mazza son of the late Lorenzo from San MarinoSan MarinoSan Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...
, aged 29, convicted of Antonio Celli's hired parricide, beheaded in de' Cocchi road – or de' Cerchi – (February 19, 1840). - Anna Tomasi-Celli, aged 40, beheaded (February 19, 1840).
- Pietro Bidei, convicted of murder and robbery, beheaded in Civitacastellana (April 1, 1840).
- Mariano Laura, Roman, aged 30, convicted of willful murder, beheaded in de Cerchi road (May 13, 1840).
- Luigi Scopigno from Rieti, beheaded at Ponte S. Angelo, convicted of sacrilegious theft of a sacrosanct container with the dispersal of the sacrosanct particles (July 21, 1840).
- Bernardo Coticone, convicted of Rosano's premeditated murder, in TivoliTivoli, ItalyTivoli , the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italian town in Lazio, about 30 km east-north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills...
(July 28, 1840). - Tommaso Brunori from S. Giovanni Rietino and Pasquale Priori from Segni, convicted of murders in the penal colony of SpoletoSpoletoSpoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
, both beheaded, in the Spoleto stronghold (August 6, 1840). - Angelo Crivelli a.k.a. Epifani from TerniTerniTerni is a city in southern Umbria, central Italy, capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto.-History:...
, convicted of the murders of deacon Valentino Bevilacqua, of priest Basilio Luciani and of layman Raimondo Trippa , beheaded, in Terni (August 8, 1840). - Pacifico Maccioni from Cingoli, aged 26, and Filippo Duranti from Golignano, papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
of AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, aged 25, both convicted of robbery and the murder of a Swiss, out of St. Pancrazio Gate, beheaded at Ponte (August 22, 1840). - Baldassarre Fortunati and Vincenzo Stefanini from Torri in Salina, aged 29, both convicted of murder with the intention of stealing, beheaded in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
in the Market place (September 21, 1840). - Angelo De Angelis, Antonio De Angelis, his brother, and Giuseppe De Benedetti, the three of them were beheaded in Tivoli, convicted of murder and robbery (January 13, 1841).
- Vincenzo Morbiducci from Albacina, aged 61, beheaded in MacerataMacerataMacerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
, convicted of premeditated murder (March 1, 1841). - Pacifico Lezzerini from Cingoli, aged 25, convicted of premeditated murder and robbery, beheaded in Cingoli (March 4, 1841).
- Damiano Marconi, son of Nicola, aged 29, from Capranica and Antonio Demassini, son of the late Pietro, from the Fratta neighbourhood, aged 35 and
- Angelo Casini, son of Eugenio, from Carbognano, aged 25; the three of them were incarcerated in the CivitavecchiaCivitavecchiaCivitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...
gaol; they were beheaded, for killing an hospital attendant in the Civitavecchia basin (March 27, 1841). - Pasquale Carbone, son of the late Saverio, aged 40, from CrescianoCrescianoCresciano is a municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Cresciano is first mentioned in 1269 as Crazano....
in AbruzzoAbruzzoAbruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
, Kingdom of NaplesKingdom of NaplesThe Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
, convicted of a fellow convict's murder in the Civitavecchia basin, beheaded – and died unrepentant – (March 27, 1841). - Lorenzo Jannesi from Arnara, beheaded, convicted of premeditated murder (May 22, 1841).
- Tommaso Olivieri, Roman, aged 24, convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in de' Cerchi road and died unrepentant (June 3, 1841). - Luigi Lodi, aged 30, convicted of premeditated murder, in the Civitavecchia basin (June 8, 1841).
- Luigi Galletti, aged 28, idem.
- Pietro Firmanti, aged 27, idem.
- Vincenzo Orlei from Collevecchio, aged 47, convicted of murder and other felonies.
- Pietro Antonio Amici, aged circa 33, and Michele Spoliti, aged 38,both from Colle Giove, convicted of willful murder, both beheaded in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
(June 19, 1841). - Bernardino Carosi son of the late Vincenzo, called Scelletta, aged 48: a married man, peasant and sawyer, from Borbone, province of L'AquilaL'AquilaL'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...
and - Michelina Cimini daughter of the late Antonio, wife of Giuseppe Carosi, aged 35, spinnerSpinning (textiles)Spinning is a major industry. It is part of the textile manufacturing process where three types of fibre are converted into yarn, then fabric, then textiles. The textiles are then fabricated into clothes or other artifacts. There are three industrial processes available to spin yarn, and a...
from Cagnano, in the said Kingdom (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
), - Domenico Recchiuti son of Nicola, called Saponaro, a bachelor from Lama, province of ChietiChietiChieti is a city and comune in Central Italy, 200 km northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region...
, woolcarderCardingCarding is a mechanical process that breaks up locks and unorganised clumps of fibre and then aligns the individual fibres so that they are more or less parallel with each other. The word is derived from the Latin carduus meaning teasel, as dried vegetable teasels were first used to comb the raw wool...
, the three of them were convicted of larceny and the premeditated murder of Caterina Ichizzi, the six-month pregnant wife of Francesco, the clockmaker in the Vicar's service; beheaded on the Ponte S. Angelo plaza: there was extensive popular turmoil and some injured people, because of some thieves and pickpockets, but the three died resignedly (June 28, 1840) - Pietro Tagliacozzo from Olevano, convicted of his mother's murder, beheaded, in de' Cerchi road (January 19, 1842).
- Bernardino Mirabelli from the province of L'AquilaL'AquilaL'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...
, convicted of the parricide of the miller of Decima (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
), both aged 40; beheaded and then displayed in de' Cerchi road (January 19, 1842). - Domenico Fiori son of the late Giuseppe, from Sirolo, aged 30, convicted of murder; beheaded (July 11, 1842).
- Pasquale Grespaidi, aged 24 beheaded in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of killing a carbineer who had asked his name (July 30, 1842). - Gaspare Pierini from Città di CastelloCittà di CastelloCittà di Castello is a city and comune in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain of the river Tiber. The city is north of Perugia and south of Cesena on the S3bis. It is connected to the A1...
, aged 23, convicted of murder and robbery, beheaded (October 15, 1842). - Luigi Serenga, aged 24, from Fermo, convicted of the murder of a priest; beheaded while infirm (October 24, 1842).
- Giuseppe Ricci from Caprarola, aged 24, convicted of willful murder, beheaded in RonciglioneRonciglioneRonciglione is a city and comune in the province of Viterbo, Lazio , c. 20 km from Viterbo. The city is located in the Cimini mountains, over two tuff scarps, on the SE slope of the former volcano crater now housing the Vico's Lake....
(January 24, 1843). - Pasquale Boccolini, aged 34, from Loreto, convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in Macerata (June 1, 1843).
- Gaetano De Angelis and Luigi De Angelis, from Velletri convicted of murder and robbery, beheaded in Velletri (September 12, 1843).
- Domenico Marcelli from Tivoli, aged 21, convicted of larceny, executed on the Madonna de' Cerchi plaza (September 30, 1843).
- Vincenzo Moresi, Roman, aged 22, larceny, executed (September 30, 1843).
- Giuseppe Salvatori from Saracinesco, province of Tivoli, convicted of treacherous murder, executed (September 30, 1843).
- Domenico Abbo, beheaded in the S. Angelo fortress convicted of strangling and sodomizing his blood nephew in addition to other brutal, horrifying acts (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (October 4, 1843). - Pietro Rossi, Roman, aged 24, fishmonger convicted of night robberies and dangerous injuries, with the complicity of
- Luigi Muzi, Roman, aged 23, cobbler, convicted of the same crimes, executed in de' Cerchi road (January 9, 1844).
- Angelo Cece, aged 21, and Antonio Tintisona, aged 25, both from Monte Fortino, beheaded in VelletriVelletriVelletri is an Italian town of 53,298 inhabitants. It is a comune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio - Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio...
, convicted of robbery, and dangerous injuries (June 1, 1844). - Gio. Battista Rossi son of Francesco, from S. Vito, aged 22, a peasant convicted of larceny, sentenced to an exemplary death (August 3, 1844).
- Bartolomeo son of Pietro, aged 28, from Roccantica, and Giovanni Girardi aged 25, convicted of the murder of an Observing Friar Minor in Roccantica; beheaded in Poggio Mirteto (October 16, 1844).
- Angelo Cesarini from Canistro in the Kingdom of Naples, aged 26, convicted of murder and robbery against his cousin; beheaded in PalianoPalianoPaliano is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy.- History :Paliano was the seat of a branch of the powerful Colonna family whose head was Lord, then Duke, then Prince of Paliano. Their fortress dominates the town...
(December 21, 1844). - Giovanni Vagnarelli son of the late Agostino from GubbioGubbioGubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia . It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. See also Mount Ingino Christmas Tree.-History:...
, aged 26, a married peasant convicted of robbery and the murder of Anna Cotton Bavarese; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (March 8, 1845). - Raffaele Gammardella from Ancona, a convict, convicted of willful murder; executed in SpoletoSpoletoSpoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
(April 2, 1845). - Giuseppe Micozzi and Antonio Raffaelli, both from MacerataMacerataMacerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...
, both convicted of murder and robbery against a road-sweeper; beheaded in Macerata (April 7, 1845). - Pietro Bartolini from Ancona, convicted of the willful murder of Berneimer, a Swiss Jew; beheaded (April 10, 1845).
- Luigi Percossi, Roman, a convict who was found guilty of the willful murder of Angelo Bruschi, the gaoler; beheaded in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in de' Cerchi road (April 19, 1845). - Francesco Antonio Bassani from Monte Compatri, aged 23, convicted of the willful murder of a fellow convict in the SpoletoSpoletoSpoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
stronghold and there executed; the murder had taken place while the convicts were being administered the Holy Communion (July 3, 1845). - Niccola Trombetta from Patrica nel Lazio, aged 69, convicted of a shopkeeper's murder and aggravated theft; executed in MaenzaMaenzaMaenza is a comune in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 25 km east of Latina....
(August 12, 1845). - Vincenzo Mariani from Macerata, 26-year-old cobbler, convicted of willful murder; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (August 30, 1845).
- Giuseppe Dragoni from S. Anatolia, papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
of Macerata, beheaded in SpoletoSpoletoSpoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
, convicted of the willful murder of the gaoler of the Spoleto strongholdo (October 23, 1845). - Niccola Ciarrocca from Massignano, aged 27, convicted of willful murder of a spinster he had impregnated before marriage; beheaded in Massignano sud (October 30, 1845).
- Francesco Meloni son of the late Pietro, born in the Scarpa neighbourhood, a 34-year-old goatherd, convicted of his wife's murder by strangulation; sentenced to an exemplary death (January 15, 1846).
- Fedele Moretta and his brother Benedetto Moretta, convicted of robberies, murders and other felonies; beheaded in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
(March 4, 1846). - Francesco Sciarra son of the late Francesco, from Ienna diocese of Subiaco, aged 24, convicted of robberies and murders; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (March 21, 1846).
- Michele Pezzana called Mechelone, from Poggio Renatico, convicted of premeditated premeditato, convict in the Spoleto stronghold and there beheaded (November 26, 1846)
- Pecorari Angel, convicted of homicide in Poland, sent to Rome for execution (January 21, 1847)
- Angelo Pecorari, from Poli, aged 29. A peasant convicted of a woman's premeditated murder, sentenced to an exemplary death (January 21, 1847).
- Francesco Pesaresi from Osimo, aged 30, convicted of a fellow convict's murder perpetrated in AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
penal colony; beheaded (April 24, 1847). - Giovanni Ciampicolo, Giuseppe Galli, Francesco Pasquali and Mauro Franceschelli, convicts, convicted of three murders committed in the penal colony; sentenced to death, died unrepentant (July 1, 1847).
1850-1859
- Romolo Salvatori from Cisterna, aged 40, convicted of having the Archpriest of Giulianello in Anagni shot by the Garibaldini during the Republican period; beheaded in Giulianello di Anagni (September 10, 1851).
- Gaetano Pettinelli son of the late Giovanni, from Monteleone di Fermo, aged 34, bricklayer, convicted of murders ; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (September 27, 1851).
- Bonaventura Stefanini, Benvenuto Cavalieri and Pietro Ventroni, the three of them were beheaded on the main plaza of Fabriano, convicted of a priest's attempted premeditated murder (November 15, 1851).
- Pietro Giammaiere called Casciotta, from TerniTerniTerni is a city in southern Umbria, central Italy, capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto.-History:...
, domiciled in S. Gemini, district of Terni, papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
of SpoletoSpoletoSpoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
, convicted of murder and robbery and beheaded in the main plaza of Spoleto (September 25, 1852). - Sabbatino Proietti, convicted of theft, highway robbery, and murder in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
, beheaded in Bridge Square, RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
(August 20, 1853) - Giacomo Biacetti son of the late Carlo, Roman, aged 26 ;
- Andrea Severi son of Antonio, Roman, a 28-year-old tanner; both convicted of robberies and aggravated thefts and a murder, beheaded at Cerchi (September 10, 1853).
- Vincenzo Iancoli from Ronciglione, convicted of robbery and murder and
- Francesco Valentini from Letera and
- Francesca Levante widow Ferruccini, convicted of murder; the three of them were beheaded in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
(October 8, 1853). - Francesco Leandri son of Marino, sentenced to death, convicted of murder and premeditated murder (October 12, 1853).
- Gustavo Paolo Epaminonda Rambelli, a 28-year-old from RavennaRavennaRavenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
, Gustavo Marioni, a 29-year-old from ForlìForlìForlì is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the right of the Montone river, and is an important agricultural centre...
and Ignazio Mancini, a 30-year-old from AscoliAscoli-Places of Italy:*Ascoli Piceno, a city and provincial seat in Marche*Ascoli Satriano, a town in the Province of Foggia*Porto d'Ascoli, a civil parish of San Benedetto del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno*Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche...
, all former customs officers; the three of them were convicted of the murders of many friars, under the orders of the extremely cruel (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) Captain Zambianchì ; beheaded at Cerchi, they died unrepentant , scandalizing the onlookers, because they kept on blaspheming until they breathed their last (July 22, 1854). - Sante Costantini from Fuligno, a 24-year-old bachelor, accomplice in Commendatore Count Pellegrino Rossi's murder; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (July 22, 1854).
- Pietro Chiappa, aged 22, Landerio Civitella, aged 30, Paolo Dolci, aged 26, and Filippo Dolci, aged 24, all from VelletriVelletriVelletri is an Italian town of 53,298 inhabitants. It is a comune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio - Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio...
and convicted of robberies and murders; beheaded, in St. Carlo plaza in Velletri (August 9, 1854). - Angelo Racchetti di Gradoli, convicted of premeditated murder, beheaded in the town of Valentano (September 30, 1854).
- Giovanni Sabbatini, from the Marche region, convicted of murder and attempted robbery; beheaded in FrascatiFrascatiFrascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific...
(November 15, 1854). - Giovacchino Leoni, from Caprarola, convicted of murder and the arson of the victim's corpse; beheaded in RonciglioneRonciglioneRonciglione is a city and comune in the province of Viterbo, Lazio , c. 20 km from Viterbo. The city is located in the Cimini mountains, over two tuff scarps, on the SE slope of the former volcano crater now housing the Vico's Lake....
(November 28, 1854). - Pietro Muzi, from Trevisano convicted for robbing and murdering his godfather, beheaded in the town of Acqua Pendente; he died unrepentant (January 16, 1855).
- Giuseppe De Cesaris, from Monte Leone di Cascia, convicted of robbery and murder; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (February 6, 1855).
- Luigi Scipioni from Petescia, aged 28, convicted of premeditated murder and beheaded in RietiRietiRieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...
(February 10, 1855). - Domenico Scappoti from Sismano, aged 46, convicted of premeditated murder, sentenced to the ultimate torment in TerniTerniTerni is a city in southern Umbria, central Italy, capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto.-History:...
(March 15, 1855). - Bernardino Valeriani son of the late Giuseppe from Palombara, a 28-year-old ploughman, convicted of premeditated murder; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (May 2, 1855).
- Filippo Troncarelli from Ronciglione, aged 29, beheaded in RonciglioneRonciglioneRonciglione is a city and comune in the province of Viterbo, Lazio , c. 20 km from Viterbo. The city is located in the Cimini mountains, over two tuff scarps, on the SE slope of the former volcano crater now housing the Vico's Lake....
, convicted of his brother's murder (June 23, 1855). - Crispino Bonifazi from ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
, convicted of matricideMatricideMatricide is the act of killing one's mother. As for any type of killing, motives can vary significantly.- Known or suspected matricides :* Amastris, queen of Heraclea, was drowned by her two sons in 284 BC....
; sentenced to the ultimate torment (June 25, 1855). - Francesco Bertarelli from Viterbo, convicted of robbery; sentenced to the ultimate torment (June 25, 1855).
- Antonio Moschini from a hamlet near Viterbo, convicted of robbery; sentenced to the ultimate torment (June 25, 1855).
- Giovanni Cruciani from Rieti, convicted of robbery; beheaded in Viterbo (June 25, 1855).
- Paolo Moretti from Monte Fiascone, beheaded; convicted of the murders of his blood sister and of his opponent (sicSicSic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) (June 26, 1855). - Pietro Antonio Barbero from Grotta di Castro, convicted of robbery, sentenced to the ultimate torment (June 27, 1855).
- Arberto Cicoria from Città di CastelloCittà di CastelloCittà di Castello is a city and comune in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain of the river Tiber. The city is north of Perugia and south of Cesena on the S3bis. It is connected to the A1...
, convicted of larceny and murder, sentenced to the ultimate torment (June 26, 1855). - Giosuè Mattioli from Viterbo, convicted of robberies and sentenced to the ultimate torment in Viterbo.
- Neri Domenico Vetrella, convicted of robbery and sentenced to the ultimate torment (June 30, 1855).
- Benedetto Ferri from Casali di Viterbo, convicted of robbery and sentenced to death in Viterbo (June 30, 1855).
- Salvatore Tarnalli from Casali di Viterbo, convicted of robbery and sentenced to death in Viterbo (June 30, 1855).
- Antonio son of the late Ferdinando De Felici, Roman, a 35-year-old chaplain, convicted of attempt on the life of the Most Excellent Cardinal Antonelli, Secretary of State, and sentenced to death in de' Cerchi road (July 11, 1855).
- Pietro Ciprini from Viterbo, aged 19, convicted of robbery and sentenced to death in Monte Rosi (August 7, 1855).
- Giacomo Salvatori from Valle Pietra, diocese of SubiacoSubiaco, ItalySubiaco is a town and comune in the Province of Rome, in Lazio, Italy, from Tivoli alongside the river Aniene. It is mainly renowned as a tourist and religious resort for its sacred grotto , in the St. Benedict's Abbey, and the other Abbey of St. Scholastica...
, convicted of murder and sentenced to an exemplary death in Subiaco (August 17, 1855). - Luigi Sarra from S. Angelo, aged 29, and Nicola Arrigoli from Treia, aged 22, beheaded in Civitavecchia (October 13, 1855)
- Alessandro Guenzi from Sinigaglia, aged 31, convicted of murder; executed in Toscanella (October 15, 1855).
- Germano Proietti beheaded in Civita Castellana (October 18, 1855).
- Arcangelo Finestraro from S. Buceto, convicted of his wife's murder, beheaded in Amelia (October 20, 1855).
- Pietro Pace, Giuseppe Partenzi and Martino Rossi, convicted of the murder of a young lady, beheaded in SpoletoSpoletoSpoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
(October 23, 1855). - Maria Rossetti and Serafino Benfatti, convicted of the murder of Serafino's wife, beheaded in PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
(…, 1855). - Giovanni son of Giuseppe from Faenza, aged 36, convicted of a police inspector's murder, beheaded (October 29, 1855).
- Raimondo Bregna, Spanish, convicted of premeditated murder perpetrated in Campagnano; beheaded (November 6, 1855).
- Cesare Barzetto, and Giacomo Mercatelli, both Roman and aged 30, convicted of the murder of the TerminiTerminiTermini can refer to:*Termini Station , a main line railway station in Rome*Termini , an underground railway station in Rome*Termini Imerese, a town in Sicily-See also:*Terminus , the singular of Termini...
gaoler; beheaded in RomaRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, they died unrepentant (January 9, 1856). - Lorenzo Mariani from Terni, convicted of insidious murder, he died in Terni (April 5, 1856).
- Giuseppe Conti from Terni, convicted of insidious murder, he died unrepentant in Terni (April 5, 1856).
- Filippo Lucchetti from La Piaggia, convicted of premeditated murder and executed in Trevi (April 7, 1856)
- Odoardo Baldassarri from Ancona, convicted of Francesco Cinti's unpremeditated murder; executed in Trevi (April 14, 1856).
- Giuseppe Grilli from Albano, aged 26, convicted of murder and robbery; beheaded in Albano (April 26, 1856).
- Antonio de Marzi from Albano, aged 55, convicted of robbery and murder and sentenced to the ultimate torment in Albano (April 26, 1856).
- Pio Capolei from MarinoMarino, ItalyMarino is an Italian city and comune in Lazio , on the Alban Hills, Italy, 21 km south east of Rome, with population of 37,684 and a territory of 26.10 km2...
, aged 22, convicted of the Brigadiere Maccaroni's premeditated murder ; beheaded in Marino (May 8, 1856). - Giuseppe Terenziani called Fritella aged 59, from Todi, convicted of his mother's murder; beheaded in Todi (June 18, 1856).
- Antonio Caprara called Ciovettolo, Roman, a 27-year-old carriage-maker, convicted of premeditated murder; beheaded (September 6, 1856).
- Bartolomeo Oli from Lobo in the papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
of di Macerata, a 36-year-old peasant, convicted of murder and robbery; beheaded in de' Cerchi road (September 6, 1856). - Nemesio Pelonzi from Palombara, aged 30, convicted of the Palombara apothecary's premeditated murder; beheaded (December 13, 1856).
- Francesco Roschini from Marcellina, aged 27, convicted of premeditated murder; beheaded in Palombara (December 13, 1856).
- Nicola De Bonis from MarcellinaMarcellinaMarcellina is a comune in the province of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about 30 km northeast of Rome....
, aged 27, convicted of premeditated murder;beheaded in Palombara (December 13, 1856). - Antonio De Angelis from Marcellina, aged 27, convicted of premeditated murder; beheaded in Palombara (December 13, 1856).
- Achille Malaccari from AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, aged 30, convicted of his father's murder; beheaded in Ancona (January 26, 1857). - Domenico Carloni from S. Valentino, dioceseDioceseA diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of Perugia, aged 40, convicted of murder and robbery; beheaded in Perugia (March 17, 1857). - Anacleto Marchetti from Giulianello aged 35, convicted of the murder of a man and of a woman and of the arson of a granary; beheaded in MontefortinoMontefortinoMontefortino is a comune in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about 80 km south of Ancona, about 35 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno and about 45 km west of Fermo...
(May 5, 1857). - Domenico Capolei son of the late Ottavio, from Marino convicted of the murder of Luigi Giuliani, the MarinoMarino, ItalyMarino is an Italian city and comune in Lazio , on the Alban Hills, Italy, 21 km south east of Rome, with population of 37,684 and a territory of 26.10 km2...
Governor; beheaded in Marino (May 2, 1857). - Francesco Elisei, from VelletriVelletriVelletri is an Italian town of 53,298 inhabitants. It is a comune in the province of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Lazio - Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Rocca di Papa, Lariano, Cisterna di Latina, Artena, Aprilia, Nemi, Genzano di Roma, Lanuvio...
, aged 23 convicted of willful murder; beheaded in Civita CastellanaCivita CastellanaCivita Castellana is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, 65 km north of Rome.Mount Soracte lies about 10 km to the south-east.-History:...
(December, 22, 1857). - Serafino Ciucci from Subiaco, aged 34, convicted of murder with the deliberate intent of stealing and committing other felonies; beheaded in Subiaco (January 23, 1858).
- Davidde Foschetti from Bassanello, aged 32, convicted of the murder of a woman and beheaded in Orfe (March 16, 1858).
- Giuseppe Berfarelli from Viterbo, aged 22, convicted of murder and robbery; beheaded in Viterbo (June 23, 1858).
- Carlo Camparini from Viterbo, aged 21, convicted of murder and robbery; he died in Viterbo (June 23, 1858).
- Alpini Giorgio, Sebbastiano Filippo and Rossi Pietro from S. Martino, convicted of robbery, beheaded in Spoleto (August 7, 1858).
- Vincenzo Pagliara from Frosinone, convicted of willful murder; beheaded in Frosinone (October 3, 1858).
- Pietro Masciotti, convicted of murder and robbery; beheaded in PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
(October 23, 1858). - Vincenzo Lodovici, aged 33, convicted of willful murder and beheaded in the stronghold of Civita CastellanaCivita CastellanaCivita Castellana is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, 65 km north of Rome.Mount Soracte lies about 10 km to the south-east.-History:...
(January 8, 1859). - Giovanni Cosinia, aged 26, son of the late Nicola, from Carbognano, convicted of murder and sentenced to an exemplary death (March 2, 1859).
- Gennaro Castellone, aged 28, son of Silvestro, from Cellano, convicted of murder and sentenced to an exemplary death (May 2, 1859).
- Nazareno Caponi, from Monteleone, convicted of fratricideFratricideFratricide is the act of a person killing his or her brother....
and beheaded in Treia (May 11, 1859). - Giuseppe Lepri, aged 30, from Civitella di Agliano, a robber who died in Viterbo (September 17, 1859).
- Pietro Pompili, aged 33, from di Civitella di Agliano, a robber who died unrepentant in Viterbo (September 17, 1859).
- Vincenzo Vendetta, Antonio di Giacomo, Luigi Nardini, Valentino Antonio son of Giacomo, and Antonio Vendeta, all from Velletri, convicted of robberies and murders; they died in Velletri (October 29, 1859).
1860-1870
- Luigi Bonci, papal legationPapal LegationsThe term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations entered through a referendum...
of PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
, sentenced to an exemplary death (January 14, 1860). - Serafino Volpi from OrvietoOrvietoOrvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...
, sentenced to an exemplary death in OrvietoOrvietoOrvieto is a city and comune in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff...
(January 18, 1860). - Antonio Simonetti, convicted of willful murder; beheaded in the CivitavecchiaCivitavecchiaCivitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...
basin and died unrepentant (January 21, 1860). - Giuseppe Alessandrini, from JesiJesithumb|250px|Teatro Pergolesi.Iesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche, Italy.It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea.-History:Iesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri...
, aged 24, convicted of murder and sentenced by a Criminal Court to an exemplary death (March 14, 1859). - Lugi Finochi from Corneto, aged 30, convicted of uxoricideUxoricideUxoricide is murder of one's wife. It can refer to the act itself or the man who carries it out.- Known or suspected uxoricides:...
; beheaded in Corneto (July 21, 1860). - Adamo Mazzanti, from JesiJesithumb|250px|Teatro Pergolesi.Iesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche, Italy.It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea.-History:Iesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri...
, convicted of the murders of his mother, father and son; executed (September 12, 1860). - Luigi Gagliardi, robber convicted of assassination and murder; beheaded in Civitavecchia (January 12, 1861).
- Nazareno Gercorini, convicted of murder and robbery; beheaded in Civitavecchia (January 12, 1861).
- Gaetano Lucarelli, from MarinoMarino, ItalyMarino is an Italian city and comune in Lazio , on the Alban Hills, Italy, 21 km south east of Rome, with population of 37,684 and a territory of 26.10 km2...
, aged 29, convicted of murder to get indirect revenge and died unrepentant in Marino (March 30, 1861). - Cesare Locatelli, Roman, aged 37, convicted of premeditated murder, died in de' Cerchi road (September 21, 1861).
- Angelo Lisi di Alatri, convicted of highway robbery and murder in FrosinoneFrosinoneFrosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...
(April 30, 1862) - Angelo Isola from Rocca Secca in the Kingdom of NaplesKingdom of NaplesThe Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
, convicted of robbery, died in SubiacoSubiaco, ItalySubiaco is a town and comune in the Province of Rome, in Lazio, Italy, from Tivoli alongside the river Aniene. It is mainly renowned as a tourist and religious resort for its sacred grotto , in the St. Benedict's Abbey, and the other Abbey of St. Scholastica...
(June 11, 1864). - Antonio Olietti and Domenico Antonio Demartini of Rome, beheaded for homicide, these were the last executions by Bugatti (August 17, 1864)
- Saturnino Piscitelli in the CivitavecchiaCivitavecchiaCivitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...
basin (May 20, 1865). - Salvatore Silvestri in ViterboViterboSee also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
(February 17, 1866). - Antonio Ventura, should have been executed in BraccianoBraccianoBracciano is a small town in the Italian region of Lazio, 30 km northwest of Rome. The town is famous for its volcanic lake and for a particularly well-preserved medieval castle Castello Orsini-Odescalchi...
, but his execution was not carried out (May 23, 1866). - Francesco Ruggeri and Pasquale Beraradi in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(July 21, 1866). - Paolo Caprara in SupinoSupinoSupino is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 10 km west of Frosinone...
(February 11, 1867). - Ignazio Bubali in VeroliVeroli-History:Veroli became a Roman municipium in 90 BCE. It became the seat of a bishopric in 743 CE, and was occupied by Spanish milices, allied to the Colonna family, in the 16th troops.-Main sights:...
(March 12, 1867). - Ascenzo Palifermanti in ZagaroloZagaroloZagarolo is a town and comune in the province of Rome, in the region of Lazio of central Italy. It has 14,620 inhabitants, a total area of 28 km2....
(October 8, 1867). - Pasquale Dicori in PalestrinaPalestrinaPalestrina is an ancient city and comune with a population of about 18,000, in Lazio, c. 35 km east of Rome...
(May 23, 1868). - Giuseppe Monti and Gaetano Tognetti in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(November 24, 1868). - Francesco Martini in Rocca di PapaRocca di PapaRocca di Papa is a small town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is one of the Castelli Romani about 25 km south east of Rome on the Alban Hills. It is bounded by the other communes of Velletri, Rocca Priora, Monte Compatri, Grottaferrata, Albano and Marino...
(July 14, 1869). - Agatino Bellomo, last person executed by the Papal States, two months before Rome was captured by Italian army (July 9, 1870)