Powerful cardinal and advisor to several popes, who was feared as an inquisitor (1532-1602). He led proceedings against Campanella and Henry IV of France, and was responsible for the condemnation of the philosopher Giordano Bruno, who had been burned as a heretic ten days before this letter. Untranslated LS in Italian, signed “Il Card. di Si Sev'na,” one page, 8 x 11, February 27, 1599. Untranslated letter as Roman Grand Inquisitor to the Bishop of Civita Castellana. In very good condition, with some ink erosion to the text and signature, and staining along the intersecting folds.
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