Galileo Galilei was convicted of heresy by the Catholic Church June 22, 1633, forcing one of the greatest scientists of all time to live his remaining years under house arrest. The Inquisition charged Galileo with holding the opinion that the sun, not the Earth, is at the center of the universe (solar system), not the other way around as it had been declared by the Holy Scripture. He was forced to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views.
Galileo passed away in January 1642.
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