12 April 1633 A.D. ROME: Galileo Convicted of Heresy by Chief Inquisitor, Father Vincenzo Maculao da Firenzuola, Appointed by Pope Urban VIII
12 April 1633 A.D. ROME: Galileo Convicted of Heresy by Chief Inquisitor, Father Vincenzo Maculao da Firenzuola, Appointed by Pope Urban VIII—It Took Rome 300 Years to Admit They Got it Wrong (Who’s Surprised? They’ve Still Done Nearwise Zero Re: the Reformed Churchmen Killed) Editors. “Galileo is convicted of heresy.” History.com. 2009. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-is-convicted-of-heresy . Accessed 10 Apr 2015. On this day in 1633, chief inquisitor Father Vincenzo Maculano da Firenzuola, appointed by Pope Urban VIII,begins the inquisition of physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei. Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church. Standard practice demanded that the accused be imprisoned and secluded during the trial. This was the second time that Galileo was in the hot seat for refusing to accept Church orthodo...