Servetus

American  

[ser-vee-tuhs] / sərˈvi təs /

noun

1. Michael, 1511–53, Spanish physician and theologian, accused of heresy and burned at the stake.

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Servetus British  

/ sɜːˈviːtəs /

noun

1. Michael, Spanish name Miguel Serveto. 1511–53, Spanish theologian and physician. He was burnt at the stake by order of Calvin for denying the doctrine of the Trinity and the divinity of Christ

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Other Word Forms

• Servetian
  noun
• Servetianism
  noun

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Servetus

As Historian Bainton concludes: "Servetus could not agree altogether with anybody."

From Time Magazine Archive

Servetus could have lived and died as Doctor Villeneuve.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time Servetus was 22, the "Wanted" posters were up for him in both camps.

From Time Magazine Archive

And he becomes, like so many rebels, fiercely doctrinaire, letting the refugee heretic Michael Servetus go to the stake.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Calvin stopped replying to his letters, Servetus, based in Vienna, continued to send a stream of increasingly vituperative correspondence.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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