Historical method: a recorded belief or accusation is not independent proof of the supernatural event described.
Geographic continuity and change
Town names may recur across centuries even as physical, political and cultural settings alter. A modern coordinate can help readers orient themselves without placing an unrecorded meeting at a specific point.
Avoid false archaeological precision
The archive’s map uses town centroids and an explicitly approximate Brazzano-area pin. It avoids invented “battle sites,” which are especially misleading when the testimony describes an experience occurring in spirit.
Future research
Archival maps, parish records and documented court locations could support more precise historical mapping. Any new coordinate should include source, period and location type before it is promoted from a contextual marker to an evidenced site.
Source and revision record
- Comune di Cividale del Friuli, municipal coordinatesMunicipal source · Modern settlement location only; not a trial-room coordinate.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names: CormonsGeographic reference · Modern town centroid.
- Mapcarta: GoriziaGeographic reference · Modern town center, approximate.
- Trial transcripts: Paolo Gasparutto and Battista Moduco, 1575–1581 (translated excerpt via University of Washington)Edited translation of primary record · A modern publication of translated trial testimony, not a facsimile of the original manuscript. Copyright may apply.