Bartolommeo Spina

Bartolomeo de Spina ( * around 1475 in Pisa, † 1546 in Rome) was a Dominican Inquisitor and 1542 papal court theologian. He dealt with the witchcraft.

Life

He came from an old noble family of Pisa, and in 1493 entered the Dominican convent " St. Occurred Katharina " from Pisa. In 1502 he was ordained as a priest in Bologna and began the following year there his studies.

Works

  • Quaestio de strigibus et lamiis ( 1523)
  • Tractatus de praeeminentia sacrae theologiae super omnes alias scientias et praecipue humanarum legum ( 1525)
  • Apologiae de tres adversus lamiis Ioannem Franciscum Ponzinibium iurisperitum ( 1525)
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