The Lombards

The Lombards is a fabulously flash name that may mean 'the long beards'.  I will explain how.

A gentleman with a long beard

Lombardy originally referred to the entire territory of Italy (known as Longobardia Major and Langobardia Minor) ruled by the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who conquered much of the Italian peninsula beginning in the 6th century.

This area is an historic region of Italy and one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan.

The word Lombardy comes from Lombard, which in turn is derived from Late Latin Longobardus, Langobardus (“a Lombard”), derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long beard.

Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”).

On reading all of this I can see where the name Bardot came from perhaps.   We had better not call her a battle axe, that would not be fair at all.   But the name denotes this however.

Lombard Flag

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Giordano Bruno - Philosopher and Astrologer and Mathematician.

Giordano Bruno enthusiastically accepted Copernicus' theory that the sun is the center of the solar system.  He declared the sun to be a star and all the stars to be suns.

Giordano Bruno, born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and astrologer. Wikipedia

Born: 1548, Nola, Italy

Died: February 17, 1600, Rome, Italy

Full name: Filippo Bruno

Education: University of Toulouse

Parents: Giovanni Bruno, Fraulissa Savolino

Books: The cabala of Pegasus, On the composition of images, signs & ideas, Candlebearer

In Bruno's time the earth was regarded as the center of all of the creation.  When Bruno suggested this was the case and thus relegated the world and man to an obscure corner in space the effect was cataclysmic.

For the heresy of affirming a multiplicity of universes and conceiving Cosmos to be so vast that no single creed could fill it, Bruno paid the forfeit of his life. (Secret Teachings of All Ages - Manly Hall)  Giordano Bruno was burnt alive at the stake by the evil roman Catholic Church.

How this happened was he received an invitation to Venice from the patrician Giovanni Mocenigo, who wished to be instructed in the art of memory, and also heard of a vacant chair in mathematics at the University of Padua. At the time the Inquisition seemed to be losing some of its impetus, and Venice seemed especially safe as it was the most liberal state in Italy; therefore Bruno was lulled into making the fatal mistake of returning to Italy.

Bruno arrested on May 22, 1592. Among the numerous charges of blasphemy and heresy brought against him in Venice, based on Mocenigo's denunciation, was his belief in the plurality of worlds, as well as accusations of personal misconduct. Bruno defended himself skillfully, stressing the philosophical character of some of his positions, denying others and admitting that he had had doubts on some matters of dogma. The Roman Inquisition, however, asked for his transfer to Rome.

In Rome, Bruno's trial lasted seven years during which time he was imprisoned, lastly in the Tower of Nona. Some important documents about the trial are lost, but others have been preserved, among them a summary of the proceedings that was rediscovered in 1940.

In 1942, Cardinal Giovanni Mercati, who discovered a number of lost documents relating to Bruno's trial, stated that the Church was perfectly justified in condemning him.  Wikipedia

I was born 18 years after Cardinal Mercati said this statement.  I would like an apology from the Roman Catholic Church for this.  Later today I will call the local church and ask for a Public Apology that will be recorded on my device with their concent.

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