Roman Inquisition
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The Roman Inquisition, formally the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, was a system of partisan tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church, during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of a wide array of crimes according to Roman Catholic law and doctrine, relating to catholic religious life or alternative religious or secular beliefs. It was established in 1542 by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Paul III. In the period after the Medieval Inquisition, it was one of three different manifestations of the wider Catholic Inquisition along with the Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition.
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See also
- Sexuality in Christian demonology
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, current name of the former Inquisition
- Counter-Reformation
- Protestant Reformation
- Inquisition
- Pomponio Algerio, attracted attention of the Inquisition and finally executed by civil authorities
- Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671), a French Protestant painter forced to flee Italy
- Diego de Enzinas, Protestant burnt to the stake in 1547
- Francesco Barberini (1597-1679), secretary of the Inquisition 1633-79
- Pietro, Cardinal Ottoboni (1667-1740), secretary of the Inquisition 1726-40
- Tommaso Crudeli, freemason imprisoned by the Inquisition
- Cornelio Da Montalcino, (a Franciscan friar who had embraced Judaism, and was burned alive on the Campo dei Fiori)
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