Who was kicked out of their church for saying the earth was round?

Answer 1

This is the only historical figure I can find about whom such a papal edict was made.

Bishop Vergilius of Salzburg (c.700 – 784) is sometimes cited as having been persecuted for teaching "a perverse and sinful doctrine ... against God and his own soul" regarding the sphericity of the earth.

Pope Zachary decided that "if it shall be clearly established that he professes belief in another world and other people existing beneath the earth, or in [another] sun and moon there, thou art to hold a council, and deprive him of his sacerdotal rank, and expel him from the church."

The issue involved was not the sphericity of the Earth itself, but whether people living in the antipodes were not descended from Adam and hence were not in need of redemption.

Vergilius succeeded in freeing himself from that charge; he later became a bishop and was canonised in the thirteenth century.

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The astronomer and monk Giordano Bruno (a contemporary of Galileo) was burned at the stake by order of the Roman Catholic Church in 1600 but this was for suggesting other stars might have planets around them and that some of these might have life on them; he was sent to his death when he would not recant those views.

Answer 2

Neither Galileo nor Copernicus was excommunicated for saying the Earth was round. So far as I know, a flat Earth has never been a matter of doctrine, so the answer would be no-one.

Answer 3

I don't think anyone was excommunicated for saying the earth was round, it was always for saying the earth went around the sun. Copernicus and Aristarchus were roundly (pun) treated badly for saying this. Copernicus actually got the idea of a sun-centered universe from Aristarchus, who I think was burned at the steak. I think the round-earth theory was never really disputed too much.

Answer 4

Nicolaus Copernicus. Round earth, axis rotation. Helio-centric galaxy.

Answer 5

I think that was Gallileo. He also said that the Earth revolved around the Sun and a couple other heretical things.

However........ He was officially exonerated by the Pope about 15 or 20 years ago (No kidding, it was on the News that he was finally good to go to get into heaven ☺)

Doug

Answer 6

Galileo Galelae

Answer 7

christopher columbus. he belive the earth was round and people thought he was crazy.yet he proved the wrong