1463Pope Nicholas V Authorizes Inquisition for Marranos

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📜 Statute of Toledo Discriminates Against Conversos, Condemned by Pope Nicholas V

The Statute of Toledo introduces the rule of purity of blood discriminating Conversos. Pope Nicholas V condemns it.
Statute of Toledo Discriminates Against Conversos, Condemned by Pope Nicholas V (1449)
SpainToledoConversosPurity of BloodDiscriminationPope Nicholas VInquisitionMedieval Period
SpainSpain

📜 Pope Nicholas V Authorizes Inquisition for Marranos

Pope Nicholas V authorizes the establishment of the Inquisition to investigate heresy among the Marranos. See also Crypto-Judaism.
Pope Nicholas V Authorizes Inquisition for Marranos (1463)
InquisitionMarranosCrypto-JudaismSpainReligious PersecutionPope Nicholas VMedieval PeriodLegislation
Vatican CityVatican City

🔥 Lisbon Massacre of Marranos

A Marrano expresses his doubts about miracle visions at St. Dominics Church in Lisbon, Portugal. The crowd, led by Dominican friars, kills him, then ransacks Jewish houses and slaughters any Jew they could find. The countrymen hear about the massacre and join in. Over 2,000 marranos killed in three days.
Lisbon Massacre of Marranos (1506)
MassacreMarranosPortugalReligious PersecutionEarly Modern PeriodInquisitionForced Conversion
PortugalPortugal

🇮🇳 The Goa Inquisition Begins

The Goa Inquisition begins.
The Goa Inquisition Begins (1560)
InquisitionGoaIndiaReligious persecutionPortuguese Empire16th CenturyForced conversion
IndiaIndia

🔥 Burning of Frei Diogo da Assumpcão in Lisbon

Frei Diogo da Assumpcão, a partly Jewish friar who embraced Judaism, burned alive in Lisbon.
Burning of Frei Diogo da Assumpcão in Lisbon (1603)
InquisitionLisbonForced ConversionReligious PersecutionMarranosPortugalAuto-da-fé
PortugalPortugal

🔥 Antonio Enríquez Gómez Burned in Effigy

Sephardic poet Antonio Enríquez Gómez is publicly burned in effigy in Seville.
Antonio Enríquez Gómez Burned in Effigy (1661)
InquisitionEffigyReligious Persecution17th CenturySpainMarranosSevilleLiterary Figure
SpainSpain