The robe and axe of the executioner Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the executioner for the papal States from 1796 to 1864. He executed 514 people during his time as an executioner

The robe and axe of the executioner Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the executioner for the papal States from 1796 to 1864. He executed 514 people during his time as an executioner

 

The robe and axe of the executioner Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the executioner for the papal States from 1796 to 1864. He executed 514 people during his time as an executioner.

Bugatti specialised in hanging, beheading and malleting the condemned prisoners. He retired at 85 and was an executioner as a part-time job, but sold umbrellas and other souvenirs to tourists as his main job in Rome. He died in 1869. His role as an executioner lasted for 68 years and 148 days.

As it is more unknown, here is what Malleting is. It is a form of execution that was reserved for the most loathsome crimes. A prisoner is brought to the execution scaffold and is hit in the head with a large mallet. This usually knocked the prisoner unconscious, and then their throat would be slit. It was discontinued in 1806 for its brutality.