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The Kohanim d'Avignon Family
Write the Great Bookכהני אביניון
(Kohanim of Avignon)
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Kohanim d'Avignon lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Priestly lineage of the papal Comtat Venaissin. Several cohanite families (Cohen, Kahn, Cahen of Carpentras) maintained a specific rite, the minhag Comtat, whose pizmonim are still sung.
Geographic origin: Avignon, Carpentras, Cavaillon
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Kohanim d'Avignon — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/kohanim-avignonVariants of the name (3)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin2
ComtadinsCarpentras Cohen
עברית · Hebrew1
כהני אביניון
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Notable figures
- 1.
Hayim Cohen de Carpentras
Payytan du minhag Comtat
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Kohanim d'Avignon.
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Works & texts (3)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
XVIe s.
Meqitz Nirdamim (recettes médicales, avec traductions hébraïques)
Joseph ha-Kohen
Traité médical de Joseph ha-Kohen. (XVIe s.)
1554 (Venise)
Divrei ha-Yamim le-Malkhei Tzarfat u-Malkhei Beit Otoman ha-Togar (Chronique des rois de France et des rois de la maison ottomane)
Joseph ha-Kohen
Chronique de Joseph ha-Kohen. (1554 (Venise))
1558–1575
Emek ha-Bakha (La Vallée des Pleurs)
Joseph ha-Kohen
Chronique de Joseph ha-Kohen. (1558–1575)
Notable figures of the lineage
Places along the journey
Communities crossed
Diaspora regions
France (Comtat Venaissin)
The days of this book
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#sacerdotale#avignon#comtat#pizmonim#lieu-geo-auto