Domenico Scandella (1532 -- 1599), also known as Menocchio, was a miller from Montereale, Italy, who in the 16th century was tried by the Inquisition for his unorthodox religious views, and burnt at the stake for heresy in 1599. His life and beliefs are known from the Inquisition records, and has been the subject of the book The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg.
name the italian who reinterpreted the message of bible
Domenico Scandella (1532 -- 1599), also known as Menocchio