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Orazio Grassi

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Gender Male
Death370 years ago
Date of birth January 1,1583
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Savona
Italy
Date of died July 23,1654
DiedRome
Italy
1654
Rome
Italy
Structures Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola
Job Author
Priest
Mathematician
Astronomer
Education Roman College
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Orazio Grassi Life story


Orazio Grassi, S.J., was an Italian Jesuit priest, who is best noted as a mathematician, astronomer and architect. He was one of the authors in controversy with Galileo Galilei on the nature of comets. His writings against Galileo were published under the pseudonym Sarsi.

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