bruno

Noun

• Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)

• (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)

• German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Bruno , Giordano Bruno , Saint Bruno , St. Bruno , Leo IX , Bruno of Toul