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--Posted By johannes to <http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/04/galileo-heretics-middle-finger-on.htm>monochrom at 4/08/2009 03:29:00 PM
Galileo's shrivelled finger is to go on display in an exhibition in
Florence to mark the 400th anniversary of his first observation of
the skies. The middle digit from his right hand was removed from his
corpse in 1737 when his body was transferred to a mausoleum. Galileo
was condemned by the Catholic Church as a heretic during his lifetime
but the Vatican has become more tolerant toward him in recent years.
