Giordano Bruno goes first to Padua, where…

Giordano Bruno goes first to Padua, where he teaches briefly, and applies unsuccessfully for the chair of mathematics, which will be assigned instead to Galileo Galilei one year later.

Bruno accepts Mocenigo's invitation and moves to Venice in March 1592, functioning for about two months as an in-house tutor to Mocenigo.

When Bruno announces his plan to leave Venice to his host, the latter, who is unhappy with the teachings he has received and has apparently developed a personal rancor towards Bruno, denounces him to the Venetian Inquisition, which have Bruno arrested on May 22, 1592.

Among the numerous charges of blasphemy and heresy brought against him in Venice, based on Mocenigo's denunciation, is his belief in the plurality of worlds, as well as accusations of personal misconduct.

Bruno defends himself skillfully, stressing the philosophical character of some of his positions, denying others and admitting that he has had doubts on some matters of dogma.

The Roman Inquisition, however, asks for his transferral to Rome.