Who is the woman buried beside Galileo?

The Guardian ^ | 01/24/2009 | John Hooper

[OldNavyVet]

“WHEN he was buried - at the insistence of the Catholic Church in unconsecrated ground “

What did Galileo do to deserve this treatment?

[Kieri]

My astronomy’s rusty, but I believe it was for implying the Earth wasn’t the center of the universe.

[Ann Archy]

Earth revolved around the sun?????

[btcusn]

He in insisted that the earth orbited the sun and not the other way around.
Jack

[silverleaf]

bttt

[Lockbar]

Because he had the b-lls to tell the Pope that the planet Earth WAS NOT the center of the universe. I think there was also some “the earth is round, not flat” stuff, too. I think its crazy to dig him up again. Whats to be learned from a DNA test on two 500 year old skeletons? Ancient history.

[LuciaMia]

Re: his eyesight. I think at that time they did have some kind of rudimentary eyeglasses or lenses.

[JoeFromSidney]

Let's get the story straight. He had promised to teach the Heliocentric theory as a theory, not as a fact. He broke that promise. Indeed, he published a book in which the Pope was made out to be a fool for not believing the Heliocentric theory. That was what he was condemned for, and put under house arrest. While under house arrest, he lived on a pension from the Pope.

Many of his arguments for the Heliocentric theory, such as the tides, were seen by his contemporaries as defective. He was too stubborn to accept corrections.

Copernicus, who promulgated the Heliocentric theory, had no problems with the Church. Had Galileo been willing to accept criticism from his fellow scientists and respond to it, he probably would have been quietly accepted.

[OldNavyVet]

“I think its crazy to dig him up again”

I don’t.

Given what Galileo went through from the church, what right does the church have to control his remains?

[sazerac]

The tombs of all the very famous people like Galileo and Michelangelo in Florence was my favorite part of seeing Italy. I had no idea I would be so fascinated by that.

[DeLaine]

“Let’s get the story straight. He had promised to teach the Heliocentric theory as a theory, not as a fact. He broke that promise. Indeed, he published a book in which the Pope was made out to be a fool for not believing the Heliocentric theory. That was what he was condemned for, and put under house arrest. While under house arrest, he lived on a pension from the Pope.
Many of his arguments for the Heliocentric theory, such as the tides, were seen by his contemporaries as defective. He was too stubborn to accept corrections.

Copernicus, who promulgated the Heliocentric theory, had no problems with the Church. Had Galileo been willing to accept criticism from his fellow scientists and respond to it, he probably would have been quietly accepted.”

To condense: He argued that the earth orbited the sun instead of the other way around, he crossed the Pope. sheesh.

[OrangeHoof]

My National Inquirer sub-mind wants to know who the babe buried with him is . . . =============================== Guyileo, maybe?

[BenLurkin]

He was insolent.

[Radix]

"He had promised to teach the Heliocentric theory as a theory, not as a fact. He broke that promise."

Promised to who, and why? Duress?

The presumption that the so called "Church" had the authority to determine what could be taught anywhere and at all is simply scandalous.

[COBOL2Java]

The presumption that the so called "Church" had the authority to determine what could be taught anywhere and at all is simply scandalous.

In the 16th Century it was the Church, in the 21st Century it'll be the Obama Administration.

[Erasmus]

He was insolent.

That right there justifies their showing him the instruments of torture.

I think the old galoot had it coming.

≤}B^(

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The woman is the one he used to spy on with his telescope. Do we have to answer every question?

[kittykat77]

I think you're underestimating the Texas State Board of Education!! (See story here.) Papal clout is nothing compared with that of the Texas State Board of Education....