Prospero Farinacci, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Prospero Farinacci

Italian jurist

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1554

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1618

Profession: judge, lawyer, jurist, magistrate

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Prospero Farinacci (30 October 1554 – 30 October 1618) was an Italian lawyer and judge, noted for his harsh sentencing. Farinacci was born and died in Rome.
Whilst he was a staunch prosecutor of sodomites, in 1595 he was himself accused of having repeatedly entertained sodomitic relations.
He was excused of the crime by Pope Clement VIII, who famously made a pun on Farinacci's name (which alludes to "flour" in Italian) by claiming that "The flour is good, it's the bag that's bad."