# Galileo — Saint Joan character guide

> Galileo in Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0029-the-conflict-between-genius-and-discipline

## Who they are

Scientist mentioned in the preface for comparison.

## In the story

### [The Modern Education Which Joan Escaped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/the-modern-education-which-joan-escaped)

Galileo is mentioned as a martyr of science, whose persecutors are considered ignoramuses in modern education.

### [The Church Uncompromised by Its Amends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/the-church-uncompromised-by-its-amends)

Referenced as a potential future saint, whose canonization would not compromise papal infallibility.

### [Catholicism Not Yet Catholic Enough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/catholicism-not-yet-catholic-enough)

Mentioned alongside Joan and Bruno as an example of the Church's historical blunders against freethinkers.

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