Also, it may be that Freddie Mercury was using a little poetic license when he used Galileo.
The word Galilean:
B. n. A native or an inhabitant of Galilee; used by pagans as a contemptuous designation for Christ, and hence as a synonym for ‘Christian’. Also, a member of a fanatical sect which arose in Galilee in the 1st century.
and the word figaro means "a barber." Not just the name of an opera.
A magnifico means a great or noble person (it can also mean simply the word magnificent).
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Anyway! the use of Bismallah and Galileo have no reference to religion what so ever. As they were recording Bo Rhap the song's operatic section was originally intended only to be a brief interlude. But Freddie kept adding more and more and one day he walked in and said, "We'll just stick some 'Galileos' in here!".
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Spoken like a true artist. It doesn't really mean anything. But then I'm not much of a deconstructivist. Nevertheless, you can't deny what these words actually mean.