An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

An auto-da-fé ( AW-toh-də-FAY, OW-; from Portuguese auto da fé or Spanish auto de fe was a ritualized or public penance carried out between the 15th and 19th centuries in condemnation of heretics, apostates, and especially Jews. It was imposed by the Spanish, Portuguese, or Mexican Inquisition as punishment and enforced by civil authorities. Its most extreme form was death by burning.

Ávila is a Spanish city located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila.

The Holy Child of La Guardia is a folk saint in Spanish Roman Catholicism and the subject of a medieval blood libel in the town of La Guardia in the central Spanish province of Toledo.

A converso was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.