In the canon
Letters to Father
Celeste Galilei
- Form
- Form Letters
- Year
- Year 2001
- Originally in
- Originally in Italian
- Pages
- Pages 400
Every one of the surviving letters opens the same way, Molto Illustre et Amatissimo Signor Padre, most illustrious and most beloved lord father. They were written from the convent of San Matteo at Arcetri by the daughter Galileo had placed there at thirteen, who took the name Celeste from the heavens he had spent his life reading.
For the love of God, then, we entreat your lordship to be comforted, and to put yourself into the Lord’s hands
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