Filippo Salviati

ceremonial spade Salviatis ('Affidato') at the Accademia della Crusca

Filippo Salviati (born January 29, 1583 in Florence , † March 22, 1614 in Barcelona ) was a Florentine scientist and friend of Galileo Galilei .

Salviati came from the Florentine noble family Salviati and was a member of the Accademia della Crusca since 1610 . In 1612 he became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei through Galileo's influence .

In Galileo's famous dialogue between Salviati and Simplicio, Salviati embodies the person of Galileo.

literature

• Allì Caracciolo:  Salviati, Filippo Vincenzo Romolo. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 90:  Salvestrini – Saviozzo da Siena. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2017.

Web links

• Salviati, Filippo di Averardo. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved on November 9, 2013. with the wrong year of birth 1582 - even with Treccani, the data are not compared with each other.
• Entry in the list of members of the Crusca with 1583 as the year of birth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The widespread indication "1582" does not take into account that in Florence the date was based on the Calculus Florentinus , according to which the year is one unit lower up to March 24th.
2. ↑ The interlocutors of the dialogue