▁were ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁Cec ilia ▁had ▁performed ▁the ▁offices ▁of ▁a ▁male ▁conf essor , ▁something ▁tradition ally ▁reserved ▁for ▁male ▁Catholic ▁pri ests . ▁ ▁The ▁In quisition ▁d uly ▁respond ed ▁to ▁compla ints ▁about ▁Fer raz zi ' s ▁conduct ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 4 . ▁On ▁reaching ▁a ▁ver dict ▁in ▁ 1 6 6 5 , ▁the ▁pres iding ▁ecc les iast ical ▁authorities ▁decided ▁that ▁Fer raz zi ▁was ▁eng aging ▁in ▁' fe igned ▁san ct ity ,' ▁imp erson ating ▁saint ly ▁attributes . ▁As ▁her ▁English ▁transl ator , ▁Anne ▁Jacob son ▁Sch ut te , ▁noted ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁English ▁translation ▁of ▁her ▁trial ▁account ▁after ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁In quisition ▁documents , ▁Fer raz zi ' s ▁error ▁was ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁eng aging ▁in ▁' d iss im ulation ,' ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁widely ▁felt ▁in ▁the ▁post - fe ud al ▁society ▁of ▁the ▁C ounter - Re formation ▁era ▁that ▁this ▁mas qu erade ▁ups et ▁contemporary ▁religious ▁control ▁over ▁what ▁constit uted ▁grounds ▁for ▁' s ain th ood .' ▁Given ▁her ▁aff lu ent ▁Italian ▁background , ▁Sch ut te ▁argued ▁that ▁Fer raz zi ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁liter ate , ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁shape ▁public ▁per ception s ▁of ▁her ▁own ▁social ▁role , ▁p iety ▁and ▁religious ▁voc ation ▁through ▁active ▁em ulation ▁of ▁near - cont empor aries ▁such ▁as ▁Saint ▁Ter esa ▁of ▁Av ila . ▁In ▁