Galante (pedigree)
Galante was a Jewish family which flourished at the beginning of the 16th century in Rome, and the head of which, Mordecai, was a Spanish exile of the Angel family. His courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname "Galantuomo" (gentleman), a name which the family retained. About this time the family settled in Palestine, where it produced authors and other celebrities, among them the following:
- Abraham ben Mordecai Galante - (d. 1560, Italian kabbalist)
- Moses ben Mordecai Galante - (d. 1608, Safed)
- Jonathan ben Moses Galante - (17th-century rabbi at Safed)
- Moses ben Jonathan Galante - (1621 – 1689, Jerusalem), was the first Rishon LeZion (Sephardic chief Rabbi of Israel).[1]
- Jonathan ben Moses Galante - (17th-century rabbi at Safed)
- Mordecai Galante - (d. 1781, chief rabbi of Damascus)
- Moses Galante - (d. 1806, chief rabbi of Damascus)
References[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Franco, M.; Kohler, Kaufmann; Broydé, Isaac; Deutsch, Gotthard (1903). "Galante". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 547–548.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the - ^ Shai Cabessa (2020). A Legacy of Torah: Insights/Parsha/Sphardi GeDoLim. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-60091-807-0.
Categories:
- Sephardi families
- Jewish families
- Jewish Roman (city) history
- People of Spanish-Jewish descent