Note 548 — Chapter VII · WITCHCRAFT.
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Ponzinib. de Lamiis c. 49, 50, 52-3, 61-3, 65-6.—Prieriat. de Strigimagar. Lib. II. c. 1.
Paramo (De Orig. Offic. S. Inq. p. 296) also adopts the date of 1404 as that of the origin of the sect of witches. This is probably founded on confusing Innocent VIII., who commenced to reign in 1484, with Innocent VII., who began in 1404. In the former’s bull Summis desiderantes, dated in his first regnal year, he speaks of witches as a new sect, and Prierias refers this to 1404.