# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/friedrich-spee
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:41:07.892Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/friedrich-spee"
name: "Friedrich Spee"
slug: "friedrich-spee"
description: "Friedrich Spee was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well known as a forceful opponent of witch trials and one who was an insider writing from the epicenter of the European witch-phobia. Spee argued strongly against the use of torture, and as an eyewitness he gathered a book full of details regarding its cruelty and unreliability. He wrote, \"Torture has the power to create witches where none exist.\""
tagline: "Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fridericus_Spee_SJ.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1591-02-25"
deathDate: "1635-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump