Galileo recants Copernician ideas under torture by Inquisition in Rome

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Category
Religion
Place
Italy
Date
1633
Reference
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"Galileo, a Roman Catholic, had been told not to 'hold or defend' Copernician ideas by Cardinal Bellarmine in 1616." [1001 Days]

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