 However, Gesualdo and another member, Petit, who were considered to be the most pernicious ("perniciosissimus hæreticus").They both refused to reject their beliefs, and were thus condemned to be burned at the stake ("uti pertinax et impœnitens ad ignem vivus damnatus").Their condemnation was publicly read at the church of St. Lawrence at Birgu on November 5, 1546.