Tommaso Crudeli

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Tommaso Crudeli was a Florentine free thinker who was imprisoned by the Roman Inquisition.

Because of his membership of a Masonic lodge, he is often celebrated as a martyr for Freemasonry.

TOMMASO BALDASSARRE CRUDELI (1703-1745)

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  • 1703-12-21 Born at Poppi (Arezzo, Tuscany)
  • 1726 Law degree in Pisa
  • 1733 Fifth Italian adept of the Masonic lodge in Florence (the first in Italy, grounded by English)
  • 1739-05-09 Arrested in Florence by the Holy Inquisition, imprisoned for 16 months in S. Croce Church and tortured
  • 1741-04 Released from prison and sentenced to house arrest in Poppi
  • 1745-03-27 Died in Poppi and was buried in a common grave in S. Fedele Abbey
  • 1747-10-15 Literary works were put on the Index and burned in Piazza della Signoria in Florence


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