Cayetano Ripoll

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Cayetano Ripoll (Solsona 1778 - Valencia 1826), was a poor schoolmaster in Valencia, Spain, who was garroted or hanged to death on 26 July 1826 for allegedly teaching Deist principles.[1] He was the last victim of the Spanish Inquisition. His last words: "I die reconciled to God and to man."[2]

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  1. ^ Anderson, James Maxwell (2002), Daily life during the Spanish Inquisition (illustrated ed.), Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 83, ISBN 0313316678, http://books.google.com/books?id=XxUvfIko1TUC, retrieved on 2009-03-03 
  2. ^ Schaff, Philip; Schaff, David Schley (1910), History of the Christian Church, C. Scribner's sons, p. 552, http://books.google.com/books?id=C_o7AAAAIAAJ, retrieved on 2009-03-03 
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