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| 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.
