Apionicus the Heretic

Apionicus of Aalsmeer was a popular figure in The Netherlands, so much so that his outrageous astronomy pamphlets, "satanic" cat and his not very secret love affair with an armadillo were benignly overlooked by the Church. However, after he laughed at the Cardinal when his hyacinths got greenfly, he was excommunicated and his gardens confiscated. Reduced to poverty, he was forced to sell his precious notebooks and telescope to Gallileo.

 

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