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Italian researchers believe they have discovered on an island in the lagoon of Venice, in a mass grave dating from the sixteenth century, the remains of a woman “vampire” - at least regarded as such by his contemporaries.
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The body was found on the island of Lazzaretto Nuovo was buried with a brick wedged between the jaws, presumably to prevent it, according to the beliefs of the time to come suck the blood of victims of the plague that raged when the Serenissima .
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“The ritual of exorcism”
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For Borrini Matteo, an anthropologist at the University of Florence, this finding confirms that at the time believed that “vampires” were responsible for epidemics like the plague. “This is the first time you arrive to reconstruct the ritual of exorcism of a vampire,” he told Reuters. “This shows that this myth existed.”
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The skeleton was found on the small island located three miles northeast of Venice, in a mass grave containing the bodies of victims of the plague in 1576 which claimed the life including the painter Titian.
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Outbreaks of plague that ravaged Europe between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries have fueled the belief in vampires, mainly because the process of decomposing body was misunderstood, “said Professor Borrini. The gravediggers saw frightening corpses which, according to the beliefs of the time were those convicted of vampires sucking the blood of mortals to return to life. For more about Vampire talk it here on Vampire Chat

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