Astronomer Copernicus reburied as hero in Poland

Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 07:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

FROMBORK, Poland (AP) -- Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave....

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