Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1779–1869) was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. He was the longest-serving executioner in the States and was nicknamed Mastro Titta, a Roman corruption of maestro di giustizia, or master of justice.^[1] At the age of 85 he was retired by Pope Pius IX with a monthly pension of 30 scudi.

Bugatti's career in charge of executions began when he was 17 years old, on 22 March 1796, and lasted until 1864.^{[citation needed]}

One of his executions, on 8 March 1845, was described by Charles Dickens in Pictures from Italy (1846).^{[citation needed]}

• He executed justice. Retrieved 11 April 2005
• Mastro Titta. Retrieved 14 July 2005.
• Passage from Pictures From Italy at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 December 2007). Retrieved 14 July 2005.
• When Mastro Titta Crossed the Bridge
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