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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A private Auto-da-Fe was held in Lisbon's Inquisition palace on February 16, where two prisoners were sentenced: a Brazilian from Pernambuco to whipping and perpetual galley slavery for bigamy, and an Augustinian monk to loss of priestly functions and a year in dungeon for abusing the confessional.
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There was a private Auto-da-Fe in the palace of the inquisition on the 16th of this month, when sentence was passed on two prisoners, one of whom is an inhabitant of Pernambuco in the Brazils, and the other a Monk of the order of St. Augustine. The first is condemned to be whipped and to perpetual slavery in the galleys, for the crime of bigamy; the other, convicted of having abused the confession chair, is deprived for ever of all sacerdotal functions, and of exercising any employ in his order, and to be confined a year in the dungeon of the Holy Office.
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Lisbon
Event Date
16th Of This Month
Outcome
first prisoner: whipped and perpetual slavery in galleys for bigamy. second: deprived of sacerdotal functions and order employ, confined a year in dungeon for abusing confession chair.
Event Details
Private Auto-da-Fe in Inquisition palace; sentences passed on two prisoners: inhabitant of Pernambuco in Brazils and Augustinian monk.