“It is an invention of the devil, an infernal falsity for the destruction of all Christianity.”
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Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, as discussed in Christianismi Restitutio (1553). He was a polymath versed in many sciences: mathematics, astronomy and meteorology, geography, human anatomy, medicine and pharmacology, as well as jurisprudence, translat…
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science · 16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist · physician · theologian · translator · cartographer · astronomer · writer · also Michael Servetus, Servetus, Miguel Servet, Michel Servet
Born 1511 · Died 27 October 1553 · Q185914
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Nature: Michael Servetus, 1511–53
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2010· 1 entry
The New England Journal of Medicine: Michael Servetus
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2002· 1 entry
A paper published by Francisco Javier González Echeverría and María Teresa Ancín suggested that he was born in Tudela, Kingdom of Navarre
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1984· 1 entry
The Zaragoza public hospital changed its name from José Antonio to Miguel Servet
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1960· 1 entry
Having found the original molds, Annemasse had it recast and returned the statue to its previous place
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1942· 1 entry
The Vichy Government took down the statue, as it was a celebration of freedom of conscience, and melted it
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1908· 1 entry
Placed it in front of the city hall with the following inscriptions:
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1903· 2 entries
Supporters of Servetus formed a committee to erect a monument in his honour
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The main text of which served more as an apologetic for Calvin:
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1553· 2 entries
Died 1553-10-27.
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“Ni con estos ni con aquellos estoy de acuerdo en todos los puntos, ni tampoco en desacuerdo. Me parece que todos tienen parte de verdad y parte de error y que cada uno ve el error del otro, mas nadie el suyo.”
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1511· 1 entry
Born 1511.
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