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Memorials

S. Croce 269 maestro Galileo Galilei

Rosselli Number 269.0
Memorial Type
Status extant
Current Repository in situ
Primary Installation floor
Secondary Installation no additional components
Tomb Form rectangular
Liturgical Orientation W
Length 2.82
Width 1.18
Documented Types
  • lastrone
  • chiusino
Component Parts
  • slab
  • cover
  • relief sculpture
Decorative Elements
  • effigy
  • textile-derived motif
Material
Database ID 13166

Dates

1464 to 1468 a
1596 b
renovation

Inscriptions (1 total)

2503 TEMPORIBVS • HIC • SVIS • PHYLOSOPYE • / ATQ3 • MEDICINE • CVLMEN • FVIT • ET MAGISTER / GALILEVS • DEGALILEIS • OLIM • BONAIVTIS • QV / ETIAM • SVMMO • INMAGISTRATV • MIRO • / QVODAM • MODO • REM • PVBLICAM DILEXIT / CVIVS • SANCTE • MEMORIE • BENE • ACTE • VITEPIE • BENEDICTVS • FILIVS • HVNC • TVMV / LVM • PATRI • SIBI • SVIS • q3 • POSTERIS • EDIDIT In his time, this was the peak of philosophy and medicine, and master Galileo of the Galilei, formerly of the Bonaiuti, who, even in the highest magistracy, loved the state in a remarkable manner, whose venerable memory is a well-lived and dutiful life. His son Benedetto built this tomb for his father, for himself, and for his descendants.

Individuals (2 total)

Galilei, Benedetto di Galileo di Giovanni di Tommaso di Bonaiuto
Galilei, Galileo (maestro) di Giovanni di Tommaso di Bonaiuto

Groups (1 total)

Galilei

Notes

  • [a] Rita Iacopino dates the tomb to the mid 1460s, after the death of Galileo Galilei in 1460 but before the testament of Lionardo da Bisticci who requested burial near maestro Galileo.
  • [b] The sepoltuario of 1596 states that the Galileo tomb was made in this year by Antonio Galilei but may be referring only to the inscription.