March 6, 1779 - Giovanni Battista Bugatti
Over nearly seven decades, he served as the official instrument of capital punishment for one of Europe's most enduring theocratic states, carrying out executions across a span that touched six pontificates and a period of French occupation. The breadth of offenses represented among his 516 subjects — from property crime to homicide — reflects the wide reach of the Papal States' criminal code, and the variety of methods employed speaks to the era's gradations of punishment by offense and status.
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Giovanni Battista Bugatti (6 March 1779 – 18 June 1869) was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1865, during which he carried out 516 executions under six popes and the French government before being succeeded by his assistant Vincenzo Balducci. The list of people he executed ranged from thieves to assassins using methods such as beating, beheading, or hanging.
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