The trial of Giordano #Bruno by the Roman Inquisition in Rome.
"Imprisonment, trial and execution, 1593–1600" "During the seven years of his trial in Rome, Bruno was held in confinement[..]charges against Bruno[..]#blasphemy, immoral conduct, and heresy in matters of dogmatic theology, and involved some of the basic doctrines of his philosophy and cosmology"
"#Inquisition found him guilty, and he was burned at the stake in #Rome[..]in 1600."
2000 "2000, Cardinal Angelo Sodano[..]defended Bruno's prosecutors, maintaining that the Inquisitors "had the desire to serve freedom and promote the common good and did everything possible to save his life"