Swessa Kalifari (de Lima)

Peter Norden writes,

I would be interested to know if anyone else has been researching this family of doctors who lived in Poznan during the 15th to 17th centuries. Here is what I have garnered regarding the De Limas:

Isaac (Itzig) de Lima (b.c.1479 Ponte de Lima, Portugal)

Judah ben Isaac (Itzig) de Lima (b.c.1512 - ) "Matityahu’s son Michael and two grandsons were also physicians. In Poznan, Poland, Israel Samuel's son - Solomon Calahora (d. 1650) - married the daughter of Posen physician, Judah de Lima (another Sephardic family in Poland). Solomon’s grandson, Aryeh Leib, founded the Landsberg and Posner families. He was martyred in a 1735 blood libel by Catholic authorities, and died in prison after refusing to convert to save himself. Aryeh Leib’s great-grandson, Solomon Posner (1780-1863) wrote a family chronicle, "Toar Penei Shlomo." [alt: To’ar pene Shelomoh - שלמה פני תואר : שלמה בן יוסף לנדסברגר (Krotoszyn, Pol., 1869/70)

Samuel ben Judah de Lima (b.c.1545 Poznan - ) Lima de, Samuel ben Judah - student in Padua and Ferrara, physician of the Jewish community in Posen, Poland (late 16th Century) Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index By Nathan Koren

Judah ben Samuel de Lima (b.c.1578 Poznan – d.1641 Poznan ) Lima de, Judah ben Samuel - disciple of Antonius Musa Brassavola [1500-1555] physician of the Jewish community of Posen, Poland (1631-1635) Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index By Nathan Koren. Brother of Lima de, Moses ben Samuel (Moses Judka) - graduated in Padua (1639), physician in Posen - Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index By Nathan Koren

Moses ben Judah de Lima (Moyses Judka) (c.1611 Poznan) completed his PhD 19 August 1639 in Padua

Judah de Lima (b.c.1644 Poznan)