Giordano Bruno was a philosopher who was born in 1548 and died in 1600.

He was also an
Italian writer and theologian.

Giordano Bruno was born in the village of Nola, near Naples, Italy, in the year 1548. Son of the
nobles Giovanni Bruno and Fraulissa Savolino, at the age of 14 he was sent to Naples to study
Humanities, Logic and Dialectics.

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Over the years he spent at the convent, his thinking was guided by people like Aristotle,
Johannes Kepler and Erasmus of Rotterdam. However, some texts that Giordano read were
almost as if against the principles of the Church.

In February 1576 he left for Rome, after being subjected by the Dominicans to a first trial of
heresy.

Consequently, he stopped making the habit, and to escape accusations of heresy he began a
long pilgrimage.

In 1578, Giordano left Italy for Geneva, where he adopted Calvinism, but when he wrote an
article contesting Calvinist ideas he was excommunicated from the movement.

He then moved to Paris and at that time offered King Henry III the work “Las Sombras de las
Ideas”.

He then traveled to England, where he remained until 1585, between Oxford and London,
under the protection of the French ambassador.

After being accused of plagiarizing a colleague's work he was expelled from Oxford.

Once again he falls out and suffers excommunication from the Lutheran Church.

The following year, he meets the Venetian nobleman, Giovanni Mocenigo, who invites him to
visit Venice.

According to some historians, this was a trap to arrest Bruno, who for many years was on the
Inquisition's wanted list.

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During the years he spent at the convent, his thinking was guided by authors such as Aristotle,
Johannes Kepler and Erasmus of Rotterdam.

He defended some texts that questioned the principles of the Church.

In February 1576 he fled to Rome, after being subjected by the Dominicans themselves to a
first trial of heresy.
Soon after, he abandoned the habit and to escape accusations of heresy he began a long
pilgrimage.

In 1578, Giordano left Italy for Geneva, where he adopted Calvinism, but when he wrote an
article contesting Calvinist ideas he was excommunicated from the movement.

In 1582 he went to France, where he taught in Toulouse.

He then moved to Paris and at that time offered King Henry III the work “Las Sombras de las
Ideas”.

He then traveled to England, where he remained until 1585, between Oxford and London,
under the protection of the French ambassador.

After being accused of plagiarizing a colleague's work he was expelled from Oxford.

Once again he falls out and suffers excommunication from the Lutheran Church.

The following year, he meets the Venetian nobleman, Giovanni Mocenigo, who invites him to
visit Venice.

According to some historians, this was a trap to arrest Bruno, who for many years was on the
Inquisition's wanted list.