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Michée Chauderon
1602–1652
- Nationality
- Republic of Geneva
- Occupation
- healer
Michée Chauderon (died 1652) was a Genevan woman accused of being a witch.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- ancienne prison de l'EvecheDates unknown
Biography
Michée Chauderon (died 1652) was a Genevan woman accused of being a witch. She was the last person to be executed for sorcery in the city of Geneva, then in the Republic of Geneva. Chauderon worked as a washerwoman. At one point, she had an argument with one of her employers, who accused her of theft. They then reported her for having summoned a demon into the body of their daughter. Chauderon was arrested and interrogated. The so-called devil's mark was found on her body, and she was tortured with the strappado. During the torture, she said that one day, she had met Satan in her garden in the shape of a black man with the feet of a cow, and he had promised her wealth if she denounced God, which she had done. She was then judged guilty of sorcery, and sentenced to be hanged and burned. Between 1520 and 1681, 340 people were put on trial for sorcery in Geneva, and 150 were executed. Chauderon was the last person to be executed for sorcery in the Republic of Geneva. The last person to be executed for sorcery in Switzerland was Anna Göldi in 1782.
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