Pomi, David de

(1525-88)

   Italian physician, linguist and philosopher. He was born in Spoleto. He was a rabbi and physician at Magliano, and later settled in Venice, where he published most of his works. Pope Pius IV gave him permission to attend Christians, but this concession was revoked by Pius V, though it was later restored by Pope Sixtus V. He published a treatise on gynaecology, a historical defence of Jewish physicians, and a Hebrew-Latin-Italian dictionary (Tzemah David) containing scientific and historical information.