ing ▁him ▁again ▁to ▁accept ▁the ▁Pad uan ▁professor ship , ▁which ▁had ▁become ▁vac ant ▁on ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁friend ▁and ▁pup il ▁Fal lo pi us . ▁ ▁After ▁struggling ▁for ▁many ▁days ▁with ▁ad verse ▁wind s ▁in ▁the ▁I onian ▁Sea , ▁he ▁was ▁ship w reck ed ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Zak yn th os . ▁Here ▁he ▁soon ▁died , ▁in ▁such ▁deb t ▁that ▁a ▁benef actor ▁kindly ▁paid ▁for ▁his ▁fun eral . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁he ▁was ▁ 4 9 ▁years ▁of ▁age . ▁He ▁was ▁buried ▁somewhere ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Zak yn th os ▁( Z ante ). ▁ ▁For ▁some ▁time , ▁it ▁was ▁assumed ▁that ▁V es al ius ' s ▁pil gr image ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁press ures ▁im posed ▁on ▁him ▁by ▁the ▁In quisition . ▁Today , ▁this ▁assumption ▁is ▁generally ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁without ▁foundation ▁and ▁is ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁modern ▁bi ograph ers . ▁It ▁appears ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁spread ▁by ▁Hub ert ▁L angu et , ▁a ▁diplom at ▁under ▁Emperor ▁Charles ▁V ▁and ▁then ▁under ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁Orange , ▁who ▁claimed ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 5 ▁that ▁V es al ius ▁had ▁performed ▁an ▁aut ops y ▁on ▁an ▁arist ocrat ▁in ▁Spain ▁while ▁the ▁heart ▁was ▁still ▁be ating , ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁In quisition ' s ▁condem ning ▁him ▁to ▁death . ▁The ▁story ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁claim ▁that ▁Philip ▁II ▁had ▁the ▁sentence