| Galileo Facing the Roman Inquisition |
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Galileo Facing the Roman Inquisition - Painting by Cristiano Banti (1857). Galileo was found by the Inquisition to be "vehemently suspect of heresy." Galileo advocated a heliocentric (sun-centered) view of the universe, rather than a geocentric view (earth-centered). |
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