ON THIS DAY Never Expect the Roman Inquisition  Before becoming Pope Paul IV, Gian Pietro

ON THIS DAY

Never Expect the Roman Inquisition 

Before becoming Pope Paul IV, Gian Pietro Carafa was a cardinal. He was able to persuade Pope Paul III to set up a Roman Inquisition, modelled on the Spanish Inquisition with himself as one of the Inquisitors-General. The Papal Bull was promulgated on July 21, 1542.