François Prelati

François Prelati was an Italian priest and alchemist who took part in the murders committed by Gilles de Rais in the 15th century.[1] He is thought by some to have been a possible sexual partner of Gilles.[2][3] He claimed he could summon demons and involved Gilles in this practice.[4][5]

In fiction

François Prelati has appeared as a character in stories such as Thief of Souls by Ann Benson[6] and Fate/strange fake by Ryōgo Narita.[7], as well as a character referencing him in the anime Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ.

References
  1. Wilson, Thomas (1889). Blue-beard, a contribution to history and folk-lore: being the history of Gilles de Retz, of Brittany, France, who was executed at Nantes in 1440 A.D., and who was the original of Blue-beard in the tales of Mother Goose, p. 73-79. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  2. Rothenberg, Molly Anne; Foster, Dennis A. (2003). Perversion and the Social Relation: sic IV, p. 140, 156. Duke University Press, ISBN 0822384728.
  3. Penney, James (2012). The World of Perversion: Psychoanalysis and the Impossible Absolute of Desire, p. 48. SUNY Press, 2012. ISBN 0791481670.
  4. Butler, Eliza Marian (1949). Ritual Magic, p. 102. Penn State Press. ISBN 0271044888.
  5. Mathews, Chris (2009). Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture, p. 15. Greenwood Publishing Group ISBN 031336639X.
  6. Benson, Ann. (2003). Thief of Souls, p. 441. Bantam Dell, ISBN 0440236290.
  7. Narita, Ryōgo (2016). Fate/strange Fake(3), Dengeki Bunko, ISBN 978-4-04-865763-1
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