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Article about doña Lorenzana de Acereto, published in the Colonial Latin American Historical Review. Author is Ana María Díaz Burgos. Published in 2013. Maps sorcery in Colombia.In 1614, Doña Lorenzana de Acereto was condemned for sorcery in thefirst auto de fe held in the port city of Cartagena de Indias. At theage of twenty-seven, she was already the wife of the city's royal scribeand mother of four children. Despite her social rank, Acereto wasaccused of casting spells, practicing love magic, entertaining twoyounger lovers, and attempting numerous times to kill her much olderhusband. Her initial sentence involved a fine of 4000 ducats, banishmentfrom the city for two years, and dressing as a repentant while attendingmass at the church of the Holy Office. While Acereto's deeds challengedthe social order, her ancestry, and her assigned roles as mother andwife, her case also reveals that the prosecution of sorcery during thefirst years of the tribunal's founding in Cartagena de Indias aimed toredefine female codes of conduct in this colonial context.
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