Donato Manduzio

Donato Manduzio (24 July 1885 in San Nicandro Garganico - 15 March 1948 in San Nicandro Garganico) was a self-taught Italian mystic.

Donato was the son of Giuseppe Manduzio and Concetta Frascaria, poor peasants from San Nicandro. He did not go to school but he learned reading and writing during his military service in World War I. After the war, he started to read extensively on religion and by 1930, he claimed to have had a vision, starting to spread his Judaizer message among the folk of his native town. Later, he contacted the Jewish authorities and organised the formal conversion of his followers known as San Nicandro Jews. The community gradually migrated to Israel after Manduzio's death.

Sources

• Cesare Colafemmina, Mosè nelle nostre terre. Schena Editore, Fasano 2006

External links

• La profezia neo-ebraica di Donato Manduzio a San Nicandro
• La singolare storia di Donato Manduzio e dei suoi

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Name	Manduzio, Donato
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Date of birth	24 July 1885
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Date of death	15 March 1948
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