GIORDANO BRUNO

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 WHO WAS
GIORDANO BRUNO?
Giordano Bruno was a philosopher
who was born in 1548 (Italy), 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.
GIORDANO’S HISTORY | ACCUSED OF HERETIC

During the years he spent at the convent, his thinking was guided by authors such as Aristotle and
Johannes Kepler. He defended some texts that questioned the principles of the Church.

In February 1576 he left to Rome, after

being subjected by the Dominicans
themselves to a first process of heresy.
Soon after, he abandoned the habit and to
escape accusations of heresy he began a
long pilgrimage. He was in Liguria, Turin
and Venice. Until 1592, he made other
voyages.
GIORDANO’S HISTORY | ARREST AND EXECUTION
On May 23, 1592, Bruno was taken to the prison of the Holy Office of San Domenico de Castello. In Rome, after a process that
dragged on for seven years, the Inquisition found him guilty. The numerous accusations against Giordano Bruno were based on
some of his books, which for the Church contained blasphemy, immoral conduct and heresy to Catholic dogmas.

To save Giordano from death, the Holy

Inquisition demanded the full retraction of
his theories. When questioned by the
inquisitors he pointed out that his ideas
were purely philosophical and not
religious, but the argument was not
accepted.
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On February 18, 1600, he was condemned to death at the stake and forced to hear his sentence on his
knees. At that moment he said:

“Maybe, they feel

more fear in Giordano Bruno was
pronouncing this burned in Rome on
February 17, 1600.
sentence than I am
in hearing it."
GIORDGNO’S HISTORY | SOME THEORIES

Giordano Bruno foreshadowed the advance of science with his theories of the infinite universe and the
multiplicity of worlds.He wrote in defense of Copernicus' Heliocentric theory which claimed that the
Sun was at the center of the universe, contrary to the Geocentric theory imposed by the Church.

He claimed that the Bible should be followed only

by its moral teachings, to avoid contradictions
between religion and science. He wrote “Of the
Infinite Universe and Worlds”, which argued that
the Universe was infinite and unfinished.

He claimed that there were inhabited worlds.

These advanced theories ran counter to
everything the Church preached and defended.
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