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  • Italy
    Feb, 1615
    Galileo Galilei

    Lorini accordingly sent a copy to the Secretary of the Inquisition

    Italy
    Feb, 1615

    Lorini and his colleagues decided to bring Galileo's letter to the attention of the Inquisition. In February 1615 Lorini accordingly sent a copy to the Secretary of the Inquisition, Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati, with a covering letter critical of Galileo's supporters: All our Fathers of the devout Convent of St. Mark feel that the letter contains many statements which seem presumptuous or suspect, as when it states that the words of Holy Scripture do not mean what they say; that in discussions about natural phenomena the authority of Scripture should rank last... . [The followers of Galileo] were taking it upon themselves to expound the Holy Scripture according to their private lights and in a manner different from the common interpretation of the Fathers of the Church... — Letter from Lorini to Cardinal Sfrondato, Inquisitor in Rome, 1615. Quoted in Langford, 1992.




  • Paris
    Monday Feb 23, 1615

    Nicolas Fouquet Brith

    Paris
    Monday Feb 23, 1615

    Nicolas Fouquet, a French politician who became fabulously wealthy and later imprisoned for maladministration of state funds, was born in Paris.




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