Giovanni Battista Bugatti

Giovanni Battista Bugatti
Bugatti (left) offering snuff to a condemned prisoner before killing him. (19th-century image).
Born(1779-03-06)6 March 1779
Senigallia, Marche, Papal States
Died18 June 1869(1869-06-18) (aged 90)
Rome, Lazio, Papal States
TitleOfficial Executioner for the Papal States
Term22 March 1796 – 17 August 1864
(68 years, 148 days)

Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1779–1869) was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. He was the longest-serving executioner in the States and was nicknamed Mastro Titta, a Roman corruption of maestro di giustizia, or master of justice. At the age of 85 he was retired by Pope Pius IX with a monthly pension of 30 scudi.

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