Giordano Bruno

Giuseppe di Scipio (Hunter College CUNY)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Dates

Born c. 1548
Died 1600
Activity 1580-1600

Places

Born in Italy
Active in England; Italy

Activities

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Philosopher

Resources

Bruno's Works

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Giordano Bruno, Italian pantheistic philosopher, poet, playwright, cosmologist and occultist, neé Filippo, was born in Nola, near Naples, in 1548. He studied the

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(grammar, logic and rhetoric) at the Neapolitan Studium in 1562 but soon became disenchanted with big city life and entered the Convent of San Domenico Maggiore where he took the name Fra' Giordano; ordained in 1572, he became Doctor of Theology in 1575. While at San Domenico, Bruno read voraciously and, among other authors, was fascinated by the work on mnemonics and the philosophy of science of the Catalan Raymond Lull (1232-1315). He also showed early signs of rebelling against orthodox beliefs such as the worship of saints, adoration of relics and the virginity of Mary, so much so that the church authorities…

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Citation: di Scipio, Giuseppe. "Giordano Bruno". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 August 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=619, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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