Galileo Galilei

A panel showing Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei before the Inquisition, part of the "Galilei Divin Uomo" (Galilei Divine Man) exhibit in the Santa Maria degli Angeli Basilica in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. The Vatican in 2008 recast Galileo, the most famous victim of its Inquisition, as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope and the U.N.-designated International Year of Astronomy 2009. After viewing the show Sunday, Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi celebrated mass in the Basilica, on the birthday of the Italian astronomer.