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The 1599 Letter by Giordano Bruno’s Accuser, Celestino of Verona: All Is Not as It Seems

Authors: Arturo Tozzi

The heretic Capuchin Celestino of Verona, one of the harshest opponents of Giordano Bruno, wrote in 1599 to the Roman Inquisition and (anonymously) to the Venetian Inquisitor to inform himself. In a few months, he was burnt alive on the heels of an unusually short Inquisitorial trial. This traditional account, held by the most prominent scholars of Giordano Bruno too, states that the Venetian Inquisitor received an anonymous letter. Once the Pope came to know of this manuscript, he asked to run a handwriting analysis, suspecting Celestino himself. Here we show, based on a careful reading of the extant minutes of the proceedings of the Holy Office, that an alternative version can be provided which fully disagrees with the standard account.

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