Simon of Trent, also known as Simeon (1472–1475), was a young boy from the city of Trent, in the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, whose disappearance and death was blamed on the leaders of the city's Jewish community, based on the confessions of Jews obtained under judicial torture.
Simon of Trent
School of Niklaus Weckmann, The Martyrdom of Saint Simonino
Unknown painter, Ex voto; fresco, end of the 15th century, church of Santa Maria Annunciata, Bienno (BS), Italy
Incunabulum of Friedrich Creussner, Nuremberg, 1475
Trento, also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th century, the city was the location of the Council of Trent. Formerly part of Austria and Austria-Hungary, it was annexed by Italy in 1919. With 118,142 inhabitants, Trento is the third largest Italian city in the Alps and second largest in the historical region of Tyrol.
Image: Trento visione d'insieme 6
Image: Piazza Duomo, Trento, Italy
Image: Trento Piazza del Duomo Fontana del Nettuno 05
Image: Grand Hotel Trento, Italy panoramio