Catterina Vizzani, alias Giovanni Bordoni (1719–1743), was an Italian woman who disguised herself as a man. Vizzani was born to a carpenter in Rome. She ran away from home to Viterbo, where she adopted male clothing and a new name: Giovanni Bordoni. Vizzani worked for a vicar in Perugia for four years. Following that position, she worked as a footman for the male noble Cavaliere Francesco Maria Pucci in Monte Pulciano. Vizzani was widely known for her love affairs with women and a reputed seducer. In 1743, she convinced the niece of a vicar to run away from home with her and marry her in Rome. They were stopped on the way, and during this detour, Vizzani was wounded. She eventually died of the wound. On her deathbed, she exposed her biological sex to a nun, and asked to be buried in women'