The cardinal, the astronomer, and the playwright — all alive in 1616

In February 1616, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine delivered the Church's formal admonition to Galileo not to hold or defend the idea that the Earth moves. That same year, William Shakespeare died in April — so in the opening weeks of 1616 the cardinal, the astronomer, and the playwright were all living men at once.

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