Declaratio: Michael Servetus's Revelation of Jesus Christ the Son of God - Paperbackby Matteo Gribaldi (Author), Peter Hughes (Editor), Peter Zerner (Editor) In 1553 Michael Servetus, author of several notorious heretical works, escaped from the Inquisition in France only to fall into the hands of the Protestant authorities in Geneva. There he was tried, found guilty of heresy, and burned at the stake. Four hundred years later, in 1953, a mysterious manuscript entitled "Declarationis Jesu Christi Filii Dei Authore Michaele Serveto"