Giovanni Battista Bugatti
Giovanni Battista Bugatti | |
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 Bugatti (left) offering snuff to a condemned prisoner before killing him. (19th-century image). | |
| Born | 6 March 1779 |
| Died | 18 June 1869 (aged 90) |
| Title | Official Executioner for the Papal States |
| Term | 22 March 1796 – 17 August 1864 (68 years, 148 days) |
Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1779–1869) was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. 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.[1] At the age of 85 he was retired by Pope Pius IX with a monthly pension of 30 scudi.
Biography
[edit]Bugatti's career in charge of executions began when he was 17 years old, on 22 March 1796, and lasted until 1864.[citation needed]
One of his executions, on 8 March 1845, was described by Charles Dickens in Pictures from Italy (1846).[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Allen, John L., Jr. "He executed justice – papal execution Giovanni Battista Bugatti's life and work" (National Catholic Reporter, 14 September 2001).
External links
[edit]- He executed justice. Retrieved 11 April 2005
- Mastro Titta. Retrieved 14 July 2005.
- Passage from Pictures From Italy at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 December 2007). Retrieved 14 July 2005.
- When Mastro Titta Crossed the Bridge
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