Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam.
Old Cardinal
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Cardinal Barberini (Later Pope Urban VIII)
Virginia Galilei
Galileo Galilei
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