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| Full name | Giordano Bruno |
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| Born | 1548 (date not known) Nola, Kingdom of Naples, in present-day Italy |
| Died | February 17, 1600 (aged 51–52) Rome, Papal States, in present-day Italy |
| Era | Renaissance philosophy |
| Region | Europe |
| Main interests | Philosophy, Cosmology, and Mathematics |
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600
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on February 17, 1600 in the Campo de' Fiori, a central Roman market square, "his tongue imprisoned because of his wicked words" he was burned at the stake.[18] His ashes were dumped into the Tiber river. All of Bruno's works were placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1603.
ReplyDeleteLuigi Firpo lists these charges made against Bruno by the Roman Inquisition:[16]
ReplyDeleteholding opinions contrary to the Catholic faith and speaking against it and its ministers;
holding opinions contrary to the Catholic faith about the Trinity, divinity of Christ, and Incarnation;
holding opinions contrary to the Catholic faith pertaining to Jesus as Christ;
holding opinions contrary to the Catholic faith regarding the virginity of Mary, mother of Jesus;
holding opinions contrary to the Catholic faith about both Transubstantiation and Mass;
claiming the existence of a plurality of worlds and their eternity;
believing in metempsychosis and in the transmigration of the human soul into brutes, and;
dealing in magics and divination.