The Life and Trial of Giordano Bruno:
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Giordano Bruno as a young man.
Map of Naples in 1572, the year Bruno gained
admission to the College of San Domenico,
located in the city.
18th century woodcut depicting Bruno's
dreams beyond the classical universe.
Bruno dreams of an infinite, eternal universe
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Bronze relief depicting the
trial of Giordano Bruno.
Cardinal
Robert Bellarmine, consultant to the Board of
Inquisition, and the man most responsible for
Bruno's sentence and eventual execution.
Pope
Clement VIII, who denied Bruno's request to
intervene in his trial.
The
execution of Giordano Bruno on February 17, 1600
Bruno being burned at the
stake
Statue
of Giordano Bruno in Rome's Campo de' Fiori
Bruno
statue in Campo de' Fiori
Cardinal
Angelo Sordano, Vatican's Secretary of State,
who in 2000 called the execution of Bruno "a sad
episode" and "regretful," but said no pardon
could be granted.
