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Autobiography of an Aspiring Saint (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Chicago Series)
Charged by the Venetian Inquisition with the conscious and cynical feigning of holiness, Cecelia Ferrazzi (1609-1684) requested and obtained the unprecedented opportunity to defend herself through a presentation of her life story. Ferrazzi's unique inquisitorial autobiography and the transcripts of her preceding testimony, expertly transcribed and eloquently translated int
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136 pages
Published
December 15th 1996
by University Of Chicago Press
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This is about Cecilia Ferrazzi, a woman of Venice who lived in the 17th century and who was accused of appropriating the service of the Catholic priest and of possession and thus was tried in the Inquisition. During her trial she asked for the open permission to present her life in writing to the investigating committee. This was usually not allowed as in any Inquisition prosecution the normal mode of inquiring was done by the inquisitor who posed the questions and the acc ...more
This is about Cecilia Ferrazzi, a woman of Venice who lived in the 17th century and who was accused of appropriating the service of the Catholic priest and of possession and thus was tried in the Inquisition. During her trial she asked for the open permission to present her life in writing to the investigating committee. This was usually not allowed as in any Inquisition prosecution the normal mode of inquiring was done by the inquisitor who posed the questions and the acc ...more
This book attracted me because Ferrazzi is a family name and my chosen confirmation name is Cecilia. But my fascination with the story is about a more basic connection, that of being female in a misogynistic world. Granted, we've come a long way in the 21st century Western world. Still, I suspect all women can relate viscerally to Cecilia's singular vulnerability as an independent woman during the Inquisition. The story of her extensive social work outreach, her illnesses and her visitations are
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Cecilia Ferrazzi (1609 – 17 January 1684) was a Counter-Reformation Catholic prototype social worker, whose life was extensively involved with establishment and maintenance of women's houses of refuge in seventeenth century Italy.
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