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Body Parts Cut From Galileo's Corpse Found After Vanishing A Century Ago [Photo of Finger]
Daily Mail ^ | 11/21/09 | Mail Foreign Service

Posted on 11/21/2009 2:29:48 PM PST by BunnySlippers

All the organic material extracted from the corpse has therefore now been identified and is conserved in responsible hands,’ a spokesman for the museum said.

‘On the basis of considerable historical documentation, there are no doubts about the authenticity of the items.’

The relics will be exhibited from early 2010, when the museum will re-open after current renovation work and will change its name to the Galileo museum.

SNIP

Clerics eventually denounced him to the Roman Inquisition in 1615 over his support of a heliocentric, or Sun-centered, view of the universe.

Although he was cleared of any offence at that time, the Church condemned his belief as ‘false and contrary to Scripture’ and Galileo promised to stop publicising it.

But in 1632, when he defended his views in his most famous work, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, he was again tried by the Inquisition.

It found he was ‘vehemently suspect of heresy’ and Galileo was forced to recant and spend the rest of his life under house arrest.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Miscellaneous
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Getty photo of finger cannot be posted but can be found at link.
1 posted on 11/21/2009 2:29:49 PM PST by BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers

I wonder if that was the finger he used to give the Church the “finger” when he was in argument with them? Just wondering....


2 posted on 11/21/2009 2:32:01 PM PST by john drake (Roman military maxim; "oderint dum metuant," i.e., "let them hate, as long as they fear.")
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To: BunnySlippers
It this find a smoking gun?


3 posted on 11/21/2009 2:40:01 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: BunnySlippers

It sounds like Catholics got to him.

Is there a church the body parts were being “venerated” in?


4 posted on 11/21/2009 2:41:22 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up their pets while accusing farmers of cruelty.)
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To: john drake
According to the great read: Galileo's Daughter, it certanly could be!


5 posted on 11/21/2009 2:43:36 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: BunnySlippers

Vatican post earlier said they had been found in an old basilica in Florence, I thot. I wonder where they will be exhibited in early 2010. Kind of cool, that VERY old finger. We’ll be in Italy in March. Does anyone know where??


6 posted on 11/21/2009 2:45:39 PM PST by bboop
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To: bboop

The article mentions several of his fingers in several locations. It’s in the article.


7 posted on 11/21/2009 2:48:40 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

I see that now, thanks. Galileo Museum in Florence, due to open ‘Spring, 2010’ after renovations.


8 posted on 11/21/2009 4:11:21 PM PST by bboop
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To: BunnySlippers

I’ll never forget my first visit to the Cathedral of Santa Croce. In America, anything of historical interest is advertised so heavily it is difficult to stumble upon something important unawares. I was strolling through the church when I saw a small sign that read: Tomb of Galileo. My knees buckled a little from the shock. The emotions were overwhelming. After grabbing my wife and breathlessly showing her the travertine casket, I turned and saw another sign: Tomb of Michelangelo. By the time I discovered the tomb of Dante nearby I was numb. It took the rest of the afternoon to recover.


9 posted on 11/21/2009 4:14:59 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (TIME Person Of The Year, 2006 (You can look it up!).)
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To: BunnySlippers

He always wanted to give the Pope “the finger”.


10 posted on 11/21/2009 4:15:44 PM PST by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: BunnySlippers
found he was ‘vehemently suspect of heresy’ and Galileo was forced to recant and spend the rest of his life under house arrest.

Those wacky catholic's...always joking about.

11 posted on 11/21/2009 4:20:26 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: SaxxonWoods
I hear you.

Galileo's Tomb at Santa Croce

Michelangelo's Tomb at Santa Croce


12 posted on 11/21/2009 4:25:56 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I work in the stock market in Los Angeles. I was slated to work for one week in New York at the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange.

I walked on my high heels along Wall Street on cobbled streets [tearing the leather off]. On a break I walked to Trinity Church. At the top of the stairs I realized the church was closed. I turned and looked down to the right: Alexander Hamilton’s grave!!! I was so shocked I nearly fell down the stairs!

And, yes, the rest of my journey was eaten up on 9/11. We have been witnesses to history.


13 posted on 11/21/2009 4:32:41 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: SaxxonWoods
Dante


14 posted on 11/21/2009 4:37:10 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

Yes BunnySlippers, wonderful shots! I can’t wait to get back there again. Eight trips to Italy have only whetted my appetite. History at every turn...

Cool about your Hamilton experience. You know the feeling...


15 posted on 11/21/2009 5:14:50 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (TIME Person Of The Year, 2006 (You can look it up!).)
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