Inquisitor

In the Albigensian Crusade a second-hand story arose that inquisitor and general Arnaud Amalric at the storming of Béziers advocated general slaughter, saying “Kill them. For God knows who are his.” Amalric's own report to the Pope was that his troops jumped the gun and took over the town violently before he was aware. ==Prominent inquisitors==

Some of the better-known and notable inquisitors throughout history include: • Peter of Verona (also known as Saint Peter Martyr), whose canonization was the fastest in history • Pedro de Arbués • Nicolau Aymerich author of Directorium Inquisitorum • Stephen of Bourbon • Arnaut Catalan • Fabio Chigi (later Pope Alexander VII) • Diego Deza • Bernard Gui • Heinrich Institoris, author of Malleus Maleficarum • Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros • Konrad von Marburg • Sebastien Michaelis • Giovanni Pietro Carafa (later Pope Paul IV) • Jacob Sprenger, purported co-author of Malleus Maleficarum • Tomás de Torquemada • Martín García Ceniceros • Hentenius (1540s-1566) • Vincenza Matilde Testaferrata, female inquisitor ==From fiction==