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I think it was Galileo Galilei.....
Galileo Galilei was the astronomer who was imprisoned by the church during the Counter-Reformation. He was tried by the Roman Inquisition in 1633 for advocating the heliocentric model of the solar system.
Galileo was arrested in 1823
Galileo Galilei was imprisoned for supporting the Copernican theory, which stated that the Earth revolved around the sun. He was tried and found guilty of heresy by the Catholic Church in 1633 and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
Copernicus was never imprisoned.
Galileo was imprisoned for supporting the Copernican theory that the Earth revolves around the sun, which contradicted the Catholic Church's belief that the Earth was the center of the universe. His views were seen as heretical and went against the church's teachings at the time.
Galileo Died on January 8, 1642.
There were several. The ones that come to mind are Copernicus and Bruno (who was actually burnt at the stake).
Galileo Died on January 8, 1642.
Galileo Galilei was put underhouse arrest in June of 1633, not at his own house, but at the residence of the Tuscan ambassador, and later at the residence of the archbishop of Siena after traveling to Rome to be questioned by the Roman Inquisition. Then, in December of the same year, he was allowed to return to his villa in Arcetri, near Florence. He was not released, but was kept under house arrest for the remainder of his life.(For a complete timeline see the related link below.)
The astronomer who agreed with the heliocentric theory and was imprisoned for his investigations was Galileo Galilei. He supported the idea that the Earth orbits the Sun, which challenged the prevailing geocentric view. His advocacy of this theory led to a conflict with the Catholic Church, resulting in his house arrest in 1633. Despite the consequences, Galileo's work laid the groundwork for modern astronomy.
Galileo Galilei was born 15 February 1564.