The Italy inhabited by Galileo, his daughters held terrible conquences for those who oppsoed teachings supported by the at Catholic Church.
In 1600, the year Maria Celeste was born to Galileo and his beautiful Venetian mistress, the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno was burned alive in Rome for among other heresies, insisting that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
(ie the webmaster notes Giordano said that the EARTH rotates around the SUN! not the way in the christian BIBLE that says the SUN rotates around the EARTH. no this isnt a typo even if it conflicts with modern science thats why Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake. he didnt know his christian facts. Galileo was later convicted of heresy too and sentenced to burn at the stake. But Galileo admitted the church was right and they let him live.
any good christian knows that Giordano Bruno is full of shit and that the earth is the center of the universe (well OK according to the bible which disagrees with what most of us know).
good christians know that the sun, all of the planets, and all of the stars rotate around earth.
good christians know that Giordano Bruno is full of shit and his weird views that the earth rotates around the sun is both false and something that he deserved to be burnt at the stake for claiming.)
from the book
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith
By Anne Farrow Hartford, Conn