Giordano Bruno   1548—1600   Italian philosopher   Wrote on memory and mnemonic technique, astronomy and cosmology   1565 became Dominican friar ordained a priest 1572   1576 left Italy to escape the Inquisition joined Calvinists in Geneva forced to leave for France   Gained fame for his prodigious memory used mnemonic devices   Patron Henry III of France protected him seven years published 20 books   Believed all stars were same as our sun and universe was infinite   Instead of stars fastened to crystal spheres believed universe was filled with “ether”   1583 went to England returned to France out of favor with authorities then to Germany, Prague   Went to Italy 1591 thinking it was safe   Arrested and imprisoned burned at the stake for heresy   2000 Pope John Paul II officially acknowledged error expressing “profound sorrow”

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