15th–17th centuries
Auto-da-fé of the Marranos of Ancona
1556·Ancône (États pontificaux)
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Portuguese New Christians tried and burned by order of Paul IV, others sent to the galleys, despite the safe conduct granted by his predecessors
Paul IV revoked the safe-conduct that his predecessors had granted to the Portuguese marranos settled in Ancona, a papal port where they traded with the Levant. Arrested and then tried by the Inquisition, twenty-five of them were burned; others were sent to the galleys.
Doña Gracia Nasi organized from Constantinople a boycott of the port of Ancona — the first collective response of its kind. It divided the communities: those of the Papal States feared reprisals, and the boycott ran out of steam. The port nonetheless lost its Levantine trade to Pesaro.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Trials and executions
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Italie
Roth, The House of Nasi ; Archives pontificales.