Galileo As Saint, With Actual Relics

“The Galileo case is often seen starkly as science’s first decisive blow against not only faith but also the power of the Roman Catholic Church. … Now a particularly enduring Catholic practice is on prominent display in, of all places, Florence’s history of science museum, recently renovated and renamed to honor Galileo: Modern-day supporters of the famous heretic are exhibiting newly recovered bits of his body … as if they were the relics of an actual saint.”