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Copernicus Reburied As Hero

Posted by timothy on from the late-to-the-party dept.

CasualFriday writes "Mikolaj Kopernik, a.k.a. Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave. On Saturday, his remains were blessed with holy water by some of Poland's highest-ranking clerics before an honor guard ceremoniously carried his coffin through the imposing red brick cathedral and lowered it back into the same spot where part of his skull and other bones were found in 2005."

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  1. I've seen this before... by masterwit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jacek Jezierski, a local bishop who encouraged the search for Copernicus, said that he considers Copernicus' burial as part of the church's broader embrace of science as being compatible with Biblical belief.

    In the end it's just one big format war...

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    1. Re:I've seen this before... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't know how you quit from emacs.

      I think there are support groups for that.

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  2. Re:Pomp and circumstance by T+Murphy · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about send his remains to an Earth/sun Lagrangian point, so if you look at it the right way, it's like the sun is orbiting around him.

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