In San Domenico Maggiore, NarteA recalls the condemnation of Giornano Bruno with a theatrical visit

On Saturday, February 18, NarteA will reenact one of the most dramatic episodes in history: Giordano Bruno's burning at the stake for heresy, which took place on February 17, 1600, in Campo de' Fiori, Rome. At 7:00 PM (with a second viewing at 8:30 PM), at the Monumental Complex of San Domenico Maggiore, during a special opening, the story of the philosopher from Nola will be re-told in the theatrical tour "Fiamme e Ragione," written and directed by Febo Quercia, and produced with the patronage of the City of Naples. Mario Di Fonzo, Pietro Juliano, Peppe Romano, and Alessio Sica will perform; guide Matteo Borriello will lead guests through the halls of San Domenico Maggiore. Reservations are required at 339 7020849 or 333 3152415. Tickets are €18.

The dramatized visit retraces an event that ferries the Western World from medieval Christianity to the Enlightenment: on January 12, 1599, Giordano Bruno was invited to abjure eight heretical propositions of his doctrines, which included the denial of divine creation, the immortality of the soul, the conception of the infinity of the universe and the movement of the Earth, also endowed with a soul, and to conceive of the stars as angels. His willingness to abjure - on the condition that the propositions were recognized as heretical not always, but only ex nunc - was rejected by the Congregation of Cardinal Inquisitors. In a new interrogation, on September 10, Bruno says he is still ready to abjure, but on the 16th he changes his mind and finally, after the Tribunal receives an anonymous complaint accusing him of having had a reputation as an atheist in England and of having written Spaccio della bestia trionfante directly against the Pope, on December 21 Bruno refuses to abjure. On February 8, 1600, in the presence of the cardinal inquisitors, he is forced to listen on his knees to the sentence of condemnation to be burned at the stake. After refusing religious comforts and the crucifix, on February 17, with his tongue hanging out – clamped so that he cannot speak – he is led to Piazza Campo de' Fiori, stripped naked, tied to a stake and burned alive.

Flames and Reason shines a light on the intellectual and human story of Giordano Bruno: the theatrical guided tour entirely dedicated to the philosopher from Nola, who encountered his Magia Naturalis for the first time in the rooms of the Monumental Complex of San Domenico, retraces his intellectual work, bringing to life the drama of a man who became a symbol of free thought. The thinker's coherence contrasted with the rigid vision of the Church still rooted in medieval religiosity, playing a fundamental role in the history of the conflict between religion and philosophy, resolved only by Pope John Paul II during the Second Vatican Council.