Galileo, from hereticto source of saintly relics
By Rachel Donadio | The New York Times | Updated: 2010-08-08 07:39
Florence, Italy
The Galileo case is often seen starkly as science's first decisive blow against not only faith but also the power of the Roman Catholic Church.
It has never been quite that simple, though. Galileo was a believer, devastated at being convicted, in 1633, of heresy for upending the biblical view of the universe.
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