Gironima Spana

Gironima Spana (1615 – 5 July 1659) was an Italian poisoner and astrologer. She was the central figure in the infamous Spana Prosecution against a poisoning network of merchant women in Rome who distributed the poison Aqua Tofana to clients who wished to commit murder, in particular women who wished to become widows. She was executed alongside four women accomplices for having distributed poison to clients with the intent of murder. She has also been called Girolama Spara, Girolama Spala, L’ Astrologa, La Profetessa, and L'Indovina, but Gironima Spana was the spelling she herself used in court documents.

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