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 Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...

: 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 Lodewijk Elzevir to visit Galileo at Arcetri, in May 1636, leading to the publication of the '' Two New Sciences''.Michael Sharratt, ''Galilo; Decisive Innovator'' (1994), p. 185-7.

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