With the term 'readily' I meant 'willingly', even if it took a couple hundred years. He wasn't the 'enemy' based on the fact the Church actually supported his work. I invite anyone interested in Galileo's relationship with the Catholic Church to read up on it themselves and they'll realize that the Church's actions were not unreasonable for the time when heliocentric beliefs were not only considered heresy but also subject to ridicule from most astronomers during his time. 

As for the 'dying during imprisonment', lets be fair: he wasn't exactly chained to a wall in a dungeon surrounded by rats. He was permitted to live quite comfortably while under house arrest, free to dedicate his time to his studies and to receive guests. He eventually died from illness.