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I think his parents were simply following custom...
Check this out:http://www.rit.edu/~flwstv/galileo.html"Galileo is universally known by his first name only, his full name being Galileo Galilei. The form of the name arose from a Tuscan habit of using a variation of the last name for the first name of the oldest son."I'd actually never thought about Galileo's name much before. But thanks to your posting, I just had to find out the answer. :)-- Nanaea
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social studiescan you please help me with my galileo project that is do tommorow but I think you are smart and that you can help me with it and don't think that I am using you because I am not
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Also note that "Galileans" was an early pagan term for Christians, as used by folks including emperor Julian and Celsus.
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