Élie Diodati (1576–1661) was a Swiss lawyer and jurist from a leading Calvinist family in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, who had moved there from Lucca

Lucca

Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...

. He is now known as a supporter of Galileo: they met around 1620.

He settled in Paris, where he was an avocat du Parlement. He arranged for Lodewijk Elzevir

Lodewijk Elzevir

Lodewijk Elzevir , originally Lodewijk or Louis Elsevier or Elzevier, was a significant Dutch printer...

 to visit Galileo at Arcetri

Arcetri

Arcetri is a region of Florence, Italy, in the hills to the south of the city centre.-Landmarks:A number of historic buildings are situated there, including the house of the famous scientist Galileo Galilei ,...

, in May 1636, leading to the publication of the Two New Sciences

Two New Sciences

The Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences was Galileo's final book and a sort of scientific testament covering much of his work in physics over the preceding thirty years.After his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, the Roman Inquisition had banned...

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Further reading

• 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