Maria Barbara Carillo (

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, 1625 –

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, 18 May 1721) was

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for heresy during the

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. She was executed at the age of 95 or 96 and is the oldest person known to have been executed at the instigation of the

. Carillo was sentenced to death for heresy for returning to her faith in

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. She belonged to a large group of people that were

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baptized by compulsion, who were accused of secretly practicing the Jewish religion.

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