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Execution of Bruno at the Stake
On 17 February 1600, Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake in Rome's Campo de' Fiori by the Inquisition for heresies such as an …
Timeline
- 1593–1600Rome · LazioAfter being extradited from Venice to Rome, Bruno underwent prolonged interrogation by the Inquisition, was charged with heresies including denying the Trinity, the immortality of the soul, and promoting a multi-world cosmology, and refused to retract his doctrines.
- 1600Campo de' Fiori, Rome · RomeBruno was executed by fire at Campo de' Fiori; according to tradition, he turned to the onlookers and said, 'You pronounce sentence against me with greater fear than I receive it,' becoming a historic symbol of martyrdom for thought and religious suppression.
Sources
- Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition — Frances A. Yates (1964)
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Giordano Bruno https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giordano-Bruno