Niccolò Lorini was an Italian historian, born in Florence in 1544. He served as a Preacher General Dominican Order and a lecturer in ecclesiastical history at the

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. He is most famous for his involvement in the Galileo trails, the

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. He was a member of the Pigeon League named for one of Galileo's rivals,

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. Lorini instigated the events of 1616 by sending the

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a copy of Galileo's letter to

Benedetto Castelli Benedetto Castelli (1578 – 9 April 1643), born Antonio Castelli, was an Italians, Italian mathematician. Benedetto was his name in religion on entering the Benedictine Order in 1595. Life Born in Brescia, Castelli studied at the University of ...

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1544 births Academic staff of the University of Florence {{italy-historian-stub

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