Neofiti

Neofiti
Neofiti
Total population
unknown
Regions with significant populations
Southern Italy
Languages

Unknown, probably Sicilian, other Italian dialects, and/or Italkian
Religion

Catholicism and Crypto-Judaism until the 16th century
Related ethnic groups
  • Italians
  • Jews

The neofiti (English: Neophytes) were a group of Italian anusim, also known as crypto-Jews, living in Southern Italy.

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History

The Kingdom of Sicily, where the Neofiti lived.

The ancestors of the neofiti were forced to convert to Roman Catholicism in 1493. They continued to secretly practice certain elements of Judaism, however, as did many of their descendants. The Spanish Inquisition ruthlessly hunted the neofiti and many were executed and tortured, especially in Sicily.[1] Today, some neofiti descendants in Calabria and Apulia have converted back to Judaism and revived Jewish congregations.

See also

  • History of the Jews in Apulia
  • History of the Jews in Calabria
  • History of the Jews in Sicily

References

  1. ^ www.jackwhite.net

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