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Which pope ordered Giordano Bruno to be sentenced as a heretic?
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It was Pope Clement VIII who ordered that Giordano Bruno be sentenced as an impenitent and pertinacious heretic. Following a lengthy trial by the Roman Inquisition, Bruno refused to retract his philosophical theories, leading to his execution by burning at the stake in 1600.1