Un salvacondotto e un incendio’: la morte di Fulgenzio Manfredi in un manoscritto del 1610

What follows is a manuscript account of the inquisitorial affair of Fulgenzio Manfredi, a Franciscan monk who preached in Venice during the papal interdict. Even though he went to Rome with a safe-conduct, in 1610 he was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic. His case sheds light on Sarpi’s milieu and on the delicate relationship between Rome and Venice even after the interdict was lifted. In a few dense pages, the anony- mous author of this Relatione unmasks the unfounded accusation against the friar, whose only fault was, as Sarpi put it, to «rebuke the vices of the Roman Court».