Élie Diodati (Elia, Elias) (1576–1661) was a

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lawyer and jurist from a leading

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family in

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, who had moved there from

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. He is now known as a supporter of Galileo: they started their correspondence in 1620 and met in Florence in 1626. He settled in Paris, where he was an ''avocat du Parlement''. He arranged for

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to visit Galileo at

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, in May 1636, leading to the publication of the ''

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''.Michael Sharratt, ''Galilo; Decisive Innovator'' (1994), p. 185-7.

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