Stedelen

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Stedelen was a man who was accused of being a witch in Switzerland between 1397 and 1406. His trial took place in a secular court, where he confessed under torture to summoning forth demons as part of a pact with the devil.

After the harvest had failed at his village, Stedelen was accused of using black magic to destroy the crops, by allegedly sacrificing a black rooster on the Sabbath at a crossroad and placing a lizard under the doorway of a local church.