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Anna Göldi

1734 - 1782

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Anna Göldi (also Göldin or Goeldin, 24 October 1734 – 13 June 1782) was an 18th-century Swiss housemaid who was one of the last persons to be executed for witchcraft in Europe. Göldi, who was executed by decapitation in Glarus, has been called the "last witch" in Switzerland. She was posthumously exonerated by the government of the canton of Glarus in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Göldi is the 851st most popular religious figure (down from 774th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 96th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Religious Figure.

Anna Göldi was a Swiss peasant woman who became famous for being the first person to be executed in Switzerland for murder. She was convicted of killing her employer's son in 1782.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Anna Göldi ranks 851 out of 3,187. Before her are Antipope Ursicinus, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Antipope Boniface VII, Stanisław Dziwisz, Maron, and Guru Arjan. After her are Pier Giorgio Frassati, Eulalia of Barcelona, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Margaret of Hungary, Nachman of Breslov, and Melania the Younger.

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Among people born in 1734, Anna Göldi ranks 6. Before her are Maria I of Portugal, Franz Mesmer, Daniel Boone, Taksin, and François-Joseph Gossec. After her are Sophie of France, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Cardinal de Rohan, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Grigory Orlov, and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. Among people deceased in 1782, Anna Göldi ranks 11. Before her are Anne Bonny, Taksin, Pietro Metastasio, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Jacques de Vaucanson, and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. After her are Sophie of France, Charles Lee, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, and Andreas Sigismund Marggraf.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Anna Göldi ranks 99 out of 1,015. Before her are Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Jean Tinguely (1925), Jost Bürgi (1552), Charles Gleyre (1806), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), and Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718). After her are François Vatel (1631), Carla Del Ponte (1947), Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), and Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Switzerland

Among religious figures born in Switzerland, Anna Göldi ranks 4. Before her are Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Hans Küng (1928), and Nicholas of Flüe (1417). After her are Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), Heinrich Bullinger (1504), Kurt Koch (1950), Jakob Ammann (1644), Ulrich of Augsburg (890), Billy Meier (1937), and Jacob Sprenger (1435).

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