Servetus, theologian, physician, cartographer, humanist, Inquisition Victim.

[The Magic Pudding]

I heard this guys story this morning, an opera has been created about him, this isn't really to my taste but a good story anyway.
I did an HAF google of him and couldn't find any mention of him here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Servetus

Michael Servetus (also Miguel Servet or Miguel Serveto also Miguel De Villanueva or Michel De Villeneuve[1][2]; 29 September 1511 – 27 October 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation. His interests included many sciences: mathematics, astronomy and meteorology, geography, human anatomy, medicine and pharmacology, as well as jurisprudence, and the scholarly study of the Bible in its original languages. He is renowned in the history of several of these fields, particularly medicine and theology. He participated in the Protestant Reformation, and later developed a nontrinitarian Christology. Condemned by Catholics and Protestants alike, he was arrested in Geneva and burnt at the stake as a heretic by order of the Protestant Geneva governing council.

Oh ye, the Calvanists are sorry now so don't be outraged, every thing's OK.

[Tank]

Thanks for the link. Never heard of the guy until now.

[Sweetdeath]

Yeah, thanks for the link, Puddin!
Poor guy burned at the stake...  That's so terrible. I seriously hate the church and anyone who blindly follows its meaningless violent ways.