Cenci, Beatrice (Rome, 1577-1599). Roman noblewoman.
Cenci, Beatrice (Rome, 1577-1599). Roman noblewoman, daughter of Count Francesco Cenci. Murdered his father, to whom suffered abuse, and she was sentenced to the gallows by Clement VIII. Portrait of Beatrice Cenci for illustration of "The Cenci" of the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Engraving by Cellini, 1898.