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For the ship, see Mary Celeste.
Sister Maria Celeste (16 August – 2 April ), born Virginia Galilei, was a nun. She was the daughter of the scientist Galileo Galilei and Marina Gamba.
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Virginia was the eldest of three siblings, with a sister Livia and a brother Vincenzio.
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All three were born out of wedlock, and the daughters were considered unworthy for marriage. Troubled by monetary problems, Galileo placed them in the San Matteo convent shortly after Virginia's thirteenth birthday. When she took the veil in , Virginia chose her religious name, Maria Celeste, in honour of the Virgin Mary and her father's love of astronomy.
From her cloister, Maria Celeste was a source of support not only for her Poor Clares sisters, but also for her father.
Maria Celeste served as San Matteo's apothecary (herself being of frail health). She sent her father herbal treatments for his maladies while additionally managing the convent's finances and staging