Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno (1548, Nola – February 17, 1600, Rome) was an Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist. Bruno is known for his system of mnemonics based upon organized knowledge and as an early proponent of the idea of an infinite and homogeneous universe.

Bruno was declared a heretic, handed over to secular authorities on February 8, 1600.

At his trial he listened to the verdict on his knees, then stood up and said:

"Perhaps you, my judges, pronounce this sentence against me with greater fear than I receive it."

A month or so later he was brought to the Campo de' Fiori, a central Roman market square, his tongue in a gag, tied to a pole naked and burned at the stake, on February 17, 1600.

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