Sarpi

/ ˈsarpi /

noun

1. SarpiPaolo15521623MItalianMISC: scholarRELIGION: theologianPOLITICS: patriot Paolo (ˈpaolo), real name Pietro Soave Polano . 1552–1623, Italian scholar, theologian, and patriot, who championed the Venetian republic in its dispute with Pope Paul V, arguing against papal absolutism and for the separation of church and state

Example Sentences

He also tried to get the political help of the Tuscan state in keeping the Inquisition at bay, but although Ferdinando II had formally taken up his duties as Grand Duke in 1629, at the age of 19, his youth and inexperience meant that Tuscany could not provide the same level of support for Galileo that Venice had once given to Sarpi.

From Literature

Among this new circle there were two men in particular who would play a large part in the story of Galileo’s later life—Friar Paolo Sarpi and Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine.

From Literature

Sarpi was so unorthodox a Catholic that some of his opponents would later suspect him of being a closet Protestant, while Bellarmine was a leading establishment figure, a theologian and intellectual who would play a major part in the prosecution of Giordano Bruno for heresy.

From Literature

Venice was a particular thorn in his flesh, not least because Paolo Sarpi, by now a theological adviser to the Doge, openly argued that the road to Heaven lay through spiritual works alone and denied the so-called ‘divine right’ of kings and popes to exercise political power in the name of God.

From Literature

The result was that in 1606, the Pope excommunicated the Doge of Venice and all his officials, including Sarpi.

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