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Also Known As Filippo Bruno • Il Nolano
Born 1548 • Nola
Died February 17, 1600 (aged 52) • Rome
Notable Works “Articuli centum et sexaginta” • “Cabala del cavallo Pegaseo” • “Cena de le Ceneri” • “Concerning the Cause, Principle, and One” • “On the Infinite Universe and Worlds” • “Spaccio de la bestia trionfante” • “The Candlemaker” • “The Heroic Frenzies”

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