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What was Galileo Galilei’s relationship with his daughter Maria Celeste?
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Galileo, oil painting by Justus Sustermans, c. 1637, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Galileo Galilei’s daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, was a significant source of support and comfort to him during the later years of his life. Following his trial by the Inquisition and his subsequent move to a villa in Arcetri, near Florence, Maria Celeste—who resided in a nearby nunnery—provided him with great comfort until her untimely death in 1634.1