Ascanio II Piccolomini
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Ascanio Piccolomini (1596–1671) was the archbishop of Siena from 1629 to 1671. Ascanio was a mathematics pupil of
Bonaventura Cavalieri Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri ( la, Bonaventura Cavalerius; 1598 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of in ...
. He hosted Galileo in
Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...
. According to
Dava Sobel Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947) is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Her books include ''Longitude'', about English clockmaker John Harrison, and '' Galileo's Daughter'', about Galileo's daughter Maria Celeste, and ...
, Galileo's ability "to rise from the ashes of his condemnation by the Inquisition" and complete perhaps his most influential book, the
Two New Sciences The ''Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences'' ( it, Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienze ) published in 1638 was Galileo Galilei's final book and a scientific testament covering muc ...
, was "due in large measure to Piccolomini's solicitous kindness".Dava Sobel, '' Galileo's Daughter'' (2000), p. 287 He was an elder brother of the Imperial general
Ottavio Piccolomini Ottavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi (11 November 1599 – 11 August 1656) was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire. Early life Ottavio was bor ...
. While bishop, he was the
principal co-consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...
of Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani, Bishop of Accia and Mariana (1656).


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* *Suter, Rufus (1965). "A Note on the Identity of Ascanio Piccolomini, Galileo's Host at Siena," ''Isis'' Vol. 56, No. 4 (Winter, 1965), p. 452. 1596 births 1671 deaths People from Siena Archbishops of Siena Bishops in Tuscany Ascanio II 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops {{RC-archbishop-stub