Partial List of Jewish Doctors with High-Profile Clients (13–18th Centuries).
Partial List of Jewish Doctors with High-Profile Clients (13–18th Centuries).
Century | Name | Client | Notes |
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12th | Alfakhar1 | King Ferdinand, Toledo, Spain | |
13th | Isaac Maestro Gaio1 | Physician to Pope Boniface VIII
Physician to Pope Nicholas IV |
Pope Nicholas IV forced the Jewish population to wear yellow badges1 |
13th | Elias Sabot1,25 | King Henry IV | King Henry IV defied King Edward’s Jewish exile order of 12902 |
14th | Angelo de Manuelle1 | Physician to Pope Boniface IX | |
14th | Antonio Lopez1 | King Joao (John) III, Portugal | King Joao III initiated the Portuguese Inquisition |
15th | Isaac Cordoza1 | King Philip IV, Madrid | |
15th | Eliahu Montalto29 | Queen Maria de Medici-Bourbon | |
16th | Elias Ben Isaac Lattes1 | Borgia Pope Alexander VI
Medici Pope Leo X |
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16th | Roderigo de Castro1 | King of Denmark | |
16th | Benedict de Castro1 | Queen of Sweden | |
Mid 16th | David de Pomis1 | Pope Paul IV | Pope Paul IV was reputedly the fiercest anti-Jewish pontiff; he established the Roman Ghetto and issued anti-Jewish encyclicals1 |
17th | Jean Astruc1,30 | King Louis XV, France | |
17th | Jean Baptiste Silva1 | Grand Duke of Bavaria
Prince Henry de Conde, France Voltaire |
Voltaire was well-known for ambivalent views on Jews1 |
17th | Benjamin Mussafia1 | King Christian IV, Denmark | |
18th | Antonio Ribeiro Sanchez1 | Empress Ann of Russia
Empress Elizabeth of Russia Empress Catherine II of Russia |
All three Empresses imposed geographical restrictions on Jews in Russia |