Statue of Giordano Bruno
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The Statue of Giordano Bruno, created by Ettore Ferrari, was erected at Campo de' Fiori in Rome in 1889.
The statue was commissioned by the supporters of the unification of Italy. The sculptor, Ettore Ferrari, was the Grand master of the Grande Oriente d'Italia, the Masonic jurisdiction of Italy, who were strong supporters of the unification of Italy.
On April 20th 1884 Pope Leo XIII published the encyclica Humanum Genus. As a response, the Freemasons decided to create a statue of the pantheist Giordano Bruno. It was revealed in 1889 on the same place, he was burnt at the stake for heresy on February 17th 1600 and Giovanni Bovio made a speech surrounded by about 100 Masonic flags. In October 1890, Pope Leo XIII. warns Italy in his encyclical Ab Apostolici before the realization of Freemasonry and called for its dissolution, whose members he called anti-Christian and enemies.[1]
Today, the place is the center of an annual commemoration by Italian atheists.
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- ^ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freimaurer-Lexikon. 5. überarbeitete Auflage. Herbig Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7766-2478-6
