Copernicus given a hero’s burial…450+ years after his death

Nicolaus Copernicus died a nobody in 1543 , and his theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun was condemned for centuries by the Catholic Church . He in the end get his due this Saturday – the former religious outcast receive a hero ’s burial .

Copernicus served as a canyon at his church in Frombork , Poland . After forensic examination sustain that a corpse found in an unnoted grave under the Frombork cathedral was Copernicus ( the corpse ’s DNA matched a hair found in Copernicus ’ books and its skull structure sync with 16th century illustrations of the astronomer ) , his soundbox was reburied with a granite tombstone emblazoned with a role model of a golden Dominicus encircle by six planet . The gravestone credit him as both the father of heliocentric theory and a church service canyon . Says Copernicus researcher Jack Repcheck :

There is no indication that Copernicus was worried about being declared a heretic and being kicked out of the church for his galactic views [ … ] Why was he just buried along with everyone else , like every other canon in Frombork ? Because at the time of his destruction he was just any other canon in Frombork . He was not the iconic hero that he has become .

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