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Élie Diodati (Elia, Elias) (1576–1661) was a Genevan lawyer and jurist from a leading Calvinist family in Geneva, who had moved there from Lucca. He is now known as a supporter of Galileo: they started their correspondence in 1620 and met in Florence in 1626.[1]

He settled in Paris, where he was an avocat du Parlement. He arranged for Lodewijk Elzevir to visit Galileo at Arcetri, in May 1636, leading to the publication of the Two New Sciences.[2]

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Elie Diodati is credited with overseeing the translation of Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems.

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  • Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992 (2005 translation)
  • Stéphane Garcia (2004), Élie Diodati et Galilée: Naissance d'un réseau scientifique dans l'Europe du XVIIe siècle
  • Thomson, Erik. The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, 2006, pp. 866–68.[3]
  • Hooper, Wallace Edd. Review of The Church and Galileo, and: Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992, and: Élie Diodati et Galilée: Naissance d'un réseau scientifique dans l'Europe du XVII e siècle. Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 60 no. 1, 2007, p. 220-223.[4]
  • Ariew, Roger (2008-03-01). "Stéphane Garcia: Élie Diodati et Galilée: Naissance d'un réseau scientifique dans l'Europe du XVIIe siècle". Isis. 99 (1): 181–182[5]

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