Fulgenzio Manfredi
The Rev. Fra Fulgenzio Manfredi OFM | |
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| Born | Ludovico c. 1560 Venice, Italy |
| Died | 1610 Campo de' Fiori, Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Fra Fulgentio, Il Manfredi |
| Occupation(s) | Order of Friars Minor, writer, preacher |
| Known for | Execution for heresy |
Fulgenzio Manfredi, OFM (Venice, c. 1560 – Rome, 5 July 1610), commonly known as Fra Fulgenzio, was a Franciscan friar, an observant minor, and active preacher in Venice from 1594. During the Venetian Interdict imposed by Pope Paul V, he gained particular prominence for his anti-Roman sermons, preaching against papal regulation of religious orders in the Venetian republic.
He was a colleague of the famous theologian and scholar Paolo Sarpi in the defence of the Venetian Republic in its struggle against the Curia. Manfredi was tried by the Roman Inquisition, declared a relapsed heretic, and sentenced to be burnt. He was executed in the Campo di Fiore, in Rome.