François Prelati
François Prelati was an Italian priest and alchemist who took part in the murders committed by Gilles de Rais in the 15th century.[1] He claimed he could summon demons and involved Gilles in this practice.[2][3]
He is thought by some to have been a possible sexual partner of Gilles[4][5][6] but "in absence of evidence", this is only a speculation initially stated by Georges Bataille.[7][8]
In fiction[]
François Prelati has appeared as a character in stories such as Thief of Souls by Ann Benson[9] and Fate/strange fake by Ryōgo Narita.,[10] as well as a character referencing him in the anime Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ.
References[]
- ^ Wilson, Thomas (1889). Blue-beard, a contribution to history and folk-lore: being the history of Gilles de Retz, of Brittany, France, who was executed at Nantes in 1440 A.D., and who was the original of Blue-beard in the tales of Mother Goose, p. 73-79. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- ^ Butler, Eliza Marian (1949). Ritual Magic, p. 102. Penn State Press. ISBN 0271044888.
- ^ Mathews, Chris (2009). Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture, p. 15. Greenwood Publishing Group ISBN 031336639X.
- ^ Bataille, Georges (1990), The Trial of Gilles de Rais, Los Angeles: Amok Books, p. 56, ISBN 978-1-878923-02-8.
- ^ Rothenberg, Molly Anne; Foster, Dennis A. (2003). Perversion and the Social Relation: sic IV, p. 140, 156. Duke University Press, ISBN 0822384728.
- ^ Penney, James (2012). The World of Perversion: Psychoanalysis and the Impossible Absolute of Desire, p. 48. SUNY Press, 2012. ISBN 0791481670.
- ^ Ross, Lia B. (2021). "Chapter 15: Deviancy in the Late Middle Ages: The Crimes and Punishment of Gilles de Rais". In Classen, Albrecht & Scarborough, Connie (eds.). Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: Mental-Historical Investigations of Basic Human Problems and Social Responses. De Gruyter. p. 370. doi:10.1515/9783110294583.359. ISBN 978-3-11-029451-4.
- ^ Savy, Pierre (2002). "Le Procès dans l'histoire, l'histoire dans le Procès". In Ferri, Laurent & Gauthier, Christophe (eds.). L'Histoire-Bataille. L'écriture de l'histoire dans l'œuvre de Georges Bataille : actes de la journée d'études consacrée à Georges Bataille (in French). Paris: École des chartes. pp. 92–93. ISBN 2-900791-78-2.
- ^ Benson, Ann. (2003). Thief of Souls, p. 441. Bantam Dell, ISBN 0440236290.
- ^ Narita, Ryōgo (2016). Fate/strange Fake(3), Dengeki Bunko, ISBN 978-4-04-865763-1
Categories:
- Italian alchemists
- 15th-century alchemists
- 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests
- Italian murderers