Montefiore

Montefiore, Montifiore, and Montefiori is a surname associated with the Montefiore family, Sephardi Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe and who originated from the Iberian Peninsula, namely Spain and Portugal, and also France, Morocco, England, and Italy. Meaning "flower mountain", its Ashkenazi equivalent would be "Blumberg" or "Bloomberg". Notable people with the surname include:

People[]

Adam Montefiore (born 1957), British-born Israeli wine trade veteran and wine critic
Alan Montefiore (born 1926), British philosopher and Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
Albert Montefiore Hyamson (1875–1954), British civil servant and historian, chief immigration officer in British Palestine 1921–1934
Claude Montefiore (1858–1938), philosopher
Dora Montefiore (1851–1933), English-Australian women's suffragist, socialist, poet, and autobiographer
Eliezer Levi Montefiore, businessman and art collector in Melbourne and Adelaide (nephew of Jacob and Joseph Barrow)
Fausto Montefiore (1906–not known), Italian boxer
Georges Montefiore-Levi (1832–1906), Belgian politician, inventor and philanthropist
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 1955), author, attorney, and journalist
Hugh Montefiore (1920–2005), bishop of Birmingham 1977–1987 and environmentalist (born Hugh Sebag-Montefiore)
Jacob Barrow Montefiore (1801–1895), Colonial Commissioner for South Australia resident in London (brother of Joseph Barrow, cousin to Sir Moses)
Jacob Levi Montefiore (1819–1885), Australian politician (brother of Eliezer Levi, nephew of Jacob and Joseph Barrow)
John Israel Montefiore (1807–1898), New Zealand trader and merchant
Joseph Barrow Montefiore (1803–1893), merchant and financier in the Australian colonies (brother of Jacob Barrow, cousin to Sir Moses)
Joseph Sebag-Montefiore (1822–1903) financier
Judith Montefiore (1786–1862), British linguist, musician, and philanthropist, wife of Sir Moses
Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885), prominent British financier, stockbroker, banker and philanthropist, husband of Judith
Moses Eliezer Montefiore (born 1798?), probably brother of Jacob and Joseph Barrow
Leonard A. Montefiore (1853–1879), British author and philanthropist
Leonard G. Montefiore (1889–1961), Anglo-Jewish community leader and philanthropist
Karlo Montefiore Gordeziani (1938–2005), Professor of Physics at Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Santa Montefiore (born 1970), British author
Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965), British historian and author

Places[]

Montefiore, a neighborhood in Tel Aviv, north of the Central Station
Montefiore Conca, a municipality in the Province of Rimini, Italy
Montefiore dell'Aso, a municipality in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in Italy
Montefiore Hill, small hill with lookout and memorial in North Adelaide, South Australia, and named after Jacob Barrow Montefiore
Montefiore Road, continuation of Morphett Street, Adelaide which leads up to Montefiore Hill

Hospitals[]

Montefiore Medical Center, teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, located in the Norwood section of the Bronx
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, a teaching hospital in New Rochelle, New York
Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home, residential elderly care facilities in Hunters Hill and Woollahra
The Montefiore Hospital in Hove, United Kingdom
UPMC Montefiore, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Schools[]

Montefiore Residency Program in Social Medicine, one of the oldest primary care training programs in the U.S., active in Bronx
Moses Montefiore Academy, special school of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for students with severe emotional disorders
Montefiore House, Wessex Lane Halls of the University of Southampton
The Montefiore Institute, the EECS département of the University of Liège

Synagogues[]

B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery, in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Congregation Montefiore Synagogue, historic synagogue in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
Montefiore Cemetery, Jewish cemetery in St. Albans, Queens, New York
Moses Montefiore Congregation, synagogue in Bloomington, Illinois
Montefiore Synagogue the former private synagogue of Sir Moses Montefiore, an 1833, Grade II* listed building in Ramsgate, Kent, England

Other[]

Montefiore Club, a private social and business association, catering to the Jewish community, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montefiore Windmill, a landmark windmill in Jerusalem, Israel

References[]

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