Gironima Spana

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Gironima Spana (1615 – 5 July 1659) was an Italian poisoner and astrologer.^[1] She was the central figure in the infamous Spana Prosecution against a net of poison merchant women in Rome who distributed the poison Aqua Tofana to clients who wished to commit murder, in particular women who wished to become widows.^[1] She was executed alongside four women accomplices for having distributed poison to clients with the intent of murder.^[1] She has also been called Girolama Spara, Girolama Spala, L’ Astrologa, La Profetessa, and L'Indovina, but Gironima Spana was the spelling she herself used in court documents.^[1]