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Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.

Historical image related to Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. from February 13, 1633

Galileo Galilei

Florentine physicist and astronomer (1564–1642)

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. He was born in the city of Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence. Galileo has…
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Rome

Capital and largest city of Italy

Rome is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special comune named Roma Capitale with 2,746,984 residents in 1,287.36 km2 (497.1 sq mi), Rome is the…
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Inquisition

System of tribunals enforcing Catholic orthodoxy

The Inquisition was a Catholic judicial procedure where the ecclesiastical judges could initiate, investigate and try cases in their jurisdiction. Popularly it became the name for various medieval and reformation-era state-organized tribunals whose aim was to combat heresy,…
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February 13

Day of the year

February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 321 days remain until the end of the year.
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