He bravely defended and developed Copernicus's theory of the sun center and spread it all over Europe. He was praised by the world as a fearless fighter against the philosophy of the church and scholasticism and a martyr to defend the truth. He criticized scholasticism and theology, opposed geocentric theory, and publicized Heliocentrism's cosmology and religious philosophy, all of which made him a leading figure in the times. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1592, and was finally burned as a heresy by the Inquisition in Rome Flower Square.

2. Italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer and pioneer of scientific revolution Galileo Galilei.

1633 was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Roman inquisition for "opposing the Pope and promoting evil learning". After 1638, his eyes gradually became blind. 1642 65438+ Galileo died on1October 8th.

3. Spanish doctor Servit

He was executed by the Inquisition for dissecting human body and studying blood circulation.

4. Italian astronomer Chaco Dascori

1327, Italian astronomer Tseko Dascori was burned alive. His "crime" is against the teaching of the Bible, proving that the earth is spherical and there are people in the other hemisphere.

5.mikolaj kopernik, a Polish astronomer, mathematician, doctor of canon law and priest in the Renaissance.

Copernicus published Heliocentrism. At that time, Copernicus was absorbed in his own works, and finally he worked hard for a long time for the publication of his works. But he was overworked and oppressed by the church at that time, and his mental stress was great, which led to the onset of the disease. Finally, Copernicus died of illness. Although Copernicus was not sentenced to death, Copernicus's illness was inseparable from the oppression of the church.