The dual executions

Is this not contentment? by hjaynefoster
The dual executions

The Catholic Church sent many witches (or alleged witches) to their deaths and, as noted elsewhere in this blog, it was commonly assumed that the witches had a cat nearby.

In the year 1484, Pope Innocent VIII decided it made sense to eliminate both the human witch and her satanic pet as well, so he decreed that when a witch was burned at the stake, her cat would die with her, too.
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