Silva, Francisco Maldonado da (Nazareno, Eli)
- Silva, Francisco Maldonado da (Nazareno, Eli)
(c. 1592-1639)
Chilean marrano martyr. He worked as a physician in Chile, where he converted to Judaism, circumcised himself, and adopted the name Eli Nazareno. He was arrested by the Inquisition, but continued to practise Jewish rites even in prison. He was burned at an auto-da-fe in Lima.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
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MALDONADO DE SILVA, FRANCISCO — (1592–1639), Marrano martyr in Peru. Son of the physician Diego Nuñez de Silva (d. 1616) who was reconciled by the Inquisition in 1605, Francisco was born in Tucuman (now Argentina) and studied at the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru. He… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
INQUISITION — INQUISITION, special permanent tribunal of the medieval Catholic Church, established to investigate and combat heresy. The Early Institution Although the Inquisition was established by Pope gregory ix , it owed its name to the procedure… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
