on september 1599 Beatrice Cenci is condemned to death for having arranged the death of her father Francesco. He had been such a perverse and unscrupolous man that he had been obliged to flee from Rome with all his family. When he dies the Cenci family is denounced by the Curia and a young man confesses under torture that Beatrice and her mother ordered him to commit the crime. Beatrice admits that she wanted to revenge on her father who violated her as a child and continued to abuse her. The Roman people felt deep sorrow at this tragedy and made her a saint.

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