Sarpi

British  

/ ˈsarpi /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

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.

From Literature

The crisis passed after a few months, however, and as the tension eased, Sarpi was invited to Rome to argue his theological views with Bellarmine, where, he was told, ‘he shall be caressed and well received’.

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