Ad exstirpanda is a papal bull issued on May 15, 1252, by Pope Innocent IV, which was confirmed by Pope Alexander IV on November 30, 1259, and by Pope Clement IV on November 3, 1265. It authorized the use of torture for eliciting confessions from heretics during the Inquisition and explicitly condoned the practice of executing relapsed heretics by burning them alive. The bull conceded to the State a portion of the property to be confiscated from convicted heretics; and the State in return assumed the burden of carrying out the penalty, See Medieval inquisition. Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Innocent IV, né Sinibaldo de Fieschi (Genoa, ca. ... Alexander IV, né Rinaldo Conti (Anagni, ca. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Clement IV, né Gui Faucoi le Gros ( Guy Foulques the Fat or Guido le Gros) (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, November 23, year uncertain – Viterbo, November 29, 1268), was elected pope February 5, 1265, in a conclave held at Perugia that took four months, while cardinals argued over whether to call... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... Events January 20 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting. ... The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg was an infamous and rarely used torture device. ... Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ... Artistic (i. ... Burning of two sodomites at the stake outside Zürich, 1482 (Spiezer Schilling) Execution by burning is a particularly painful and unpleasant way to die, with a long history as a method of punishment for crimes such as treason and for other unpopular acts such as heresy and the practice... Pedro Berruguete. ...