Salviati
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Salviati can mean:
- The Salviati were a prominent Florentine-Roman family who in the 15th century were bankers to Pope Sixtus IV. They were among those involved in the Pazzi Conspiracy of 1478, a plot to murder the leading members of the Medici family in Florence. One member of the Salviati, the archbishop of Pisa Francesco Salviati, was known to be involved in the plot.
- The painter Francesco Salviati.
- The Salviati family , glass makers and mosaicists in 19th century Venice.
- In Galileo's Dialogue, Salviati is the character who speaks for him. He is named after Galileo's friend Filippo Salviati (1582 - 1614).