Jews of Rome, Italy

• Jews of Rome Jewish Encyclopedia
• History of the Jews in the Roman Empire Wikipedia
• Jewish Rome Contemporary
• Rome Archives Italian Jewish Genealogy
• Jewish catacombs in Rome
• The Jews in Late Ancient Rome by Leonard Victor Rutgers

Many families trace their genealogy back to early Roman times. The most prominent of these are: Degli Mansi, Piatelli, or Umani ; Faucirelli ; De Rossi ; De Pomis ; De Ceprano ; De Buscchio ; De Cento .

• Moses I. (ben Meshullam), Liturgical poet; lived at Rome or at Lucca about 850.
  
• Kalonymus II. (ben Moses), Halakist and liturgical poet; flourished at Lucca or at Rome about 950. There exists in rabbinical literature a confusion concerning the identity of Kalonymus and his son Meshullam the Great, and the saying of one is sometimes attributed to the other.
  
• Meshullam the Great, called also the Roman, was a Halakhist and liturgical poet; flourished at Rome or at Lucca about 976. He carried on with Gershom Me'or ha-Golah and Simon the Great a scientific correspondence, which is included in the "Teshuvot Geonim Kadmonim" (13a).
  
• Rabbi Elio Toaff former Chief Rabbi of Rome, serving from 1951 to 2002.
  

Rabbis, Scholars & Poets

11th century

• Moses Nasi,
• Abraham ben Shabbethai,
• Shabbethai ben Moses

12th century

• Solomon ben Abraham,
• Ezra ben Mattithiah,
• Menahem ben Judah

13th century

• Leonte (Judah) ben Moses,
• Abraham ben Jehiel Anaw, (AvotaynuDNA) AB-304
• Shabbethai ben Solomon,
• Meïr ben Moses,
• Judah ben Benjamin ,
• Benjamin ben Abraham Anaw,
• Zedekiah ben Abraham Anaw

15th century

• Azriel ben Ḥayyim Trabotta,
• Pethahiah Jare ben Baruch,
• Joseph ha-Levi,
• Solomon de Treves Ẓarfati

16th century

• Israel ben Jehiel Ashkenazi,
• Shabbethai ben Mordecai,
• Maẓliaḥ ben Joseph,
• Michael ben Shabbethai,
• Abraham ben Aaron de Scazzoccho,
• Solomon ben David Corcos,
• Isaac ben Immanuel de Lattes.
• Solomon ben Shemaiah.
• David Falkon,
• Shabbethai ben Joseph Calabrese,
• Isaac ben Solomon,
• Shabbethai ben Joseph,
• Michael ben Isaac,
• Joseph ben Obadiah,
• Elijah ben Joseph di Nola,
• Baruch ben Joab di Fes Fiori,
• Isaac ha-Kohen ben Abraham,
• Eliezer Maẓliaḥ ha-Kohen,
• Isaac ben Judah,
• Moses ben Immanuel Lattes,
• Isaac ha-Kohen ben Abraham Ashkenazi,
• Ḥamul Eliezer Maẓliaḥ ben Abraham

17th century

• Samuel ben Moses de Castel Nuovo,
• Hananeel Sforno,
• Abraham de Cammeo,
• Raphael Hezekiah Manoah Corcos,
• Shabbethai b. Mordecai Panzieri,
• Judah ben Isaac Menaghen,
• Vito (Ḥayyim) Menaghen,
• Raphael de Lattes

18th century

• Jacob Jeshurun Lopez,
• Shabbethai ben David de Segni, (AvotaynuDNA AB-473)
• Abraham ben Jacob Anaw,
• Maẓliaḥ di Castro,
• Mahallaiel Modigliano

20th century

• Judah Leon di Leone,
• Jacob Fasani,
• Israel Moses ben Eliezer Hazan,
• Samuel Toscano (M.D.),
• Laudadio Coën,
• Abramo Toscano (M.D.),
• Sabatino Scazzochio (19th cent.).
• Vittore Castiglione

Scholars

• Cæcilius of Calacto (1st cent. B.C.).
• Flavius Josephus (1st cent. C.E.).
• Theudas, Pelation, (2d cent.).
• Matthias ben Heresh (2d cent.).
• Ḥiyya bar Abba (3d cent.).
• Abba bar Zemena (4th cent.).
• Yiram of Magdiel (9th cent.).
• Jehiel ben Abraham, Joab Anaw (11th cent.).
• Nathan ben Jehiel, Moses ben Menahem, Benjamin ben Joab (12th cent.).

13th century

• Solomon ben Shabbethai,
• Benjamin ben Moses,
• Mordecai ben Benjamin,
• Daniel (father of Jehiel Sofer),
• Joab (grandfather of Paola),
• Isaac of Camerino,
• Nathan ben Menahem,
• Mattathiah ben Shabbethai,
• Benjamin ben Solomon,
• Jehiel ben Benjamin Anaw,
• Zedekiah ben Benjamin Anaw,
• Lewi, Simḥah,
• David, Moses ben David,
• Moses ben Abraham,
• Benjamin ben Judah,
• Benjamin ben Joab Naḳdan,
• Joab ben Solomon,
• Jekuthiel ben Jehiel Rofe,
• Moses ben Ḥayyim,
• Moses Rofe ben Benjamin,
• Benjamin ben Judah,
• Judah Leone Romano,
• Nathan ben Eliezer (1279-83),
• Zerahiah ben Isaac Gracian,
• Solomon ben Moses de Rossi

14th century

• Moses ben Judah de Fanciulle,
• Moses ben Shabbethai,
• Moses ben Jekuthiel

15th century

• Moses ben Isaac de Rieti,
• Flavius (Raimundus) Mithridates

16th century

• Obadiah ben Jacob Sforni,
• Mordecai ben Moses Galante,
• Elijah ben Asher ha-Levi,
• Isaac ha-Kohen ben Ḥayyim,
• Jacob Mantino of Tortosa,
• Amatus Lusitanus,
• David de Pomis,
• Jehiel ha-Kohen ben Moses

17th century

• Tranquillo Vita Corcos,
• Shabbethai Ambron

Poets

Rome was for a time a "nest of singing birds"; among the best known were:

• Solomon ben Judah (9th cent.).

1lth century

• Shabbethai ben Moses,
• Moses ben Shabbethai,
• Kalonymus ben Shabbethai

12th century

• Daniel ben Jehiel,
• Abraham ben Jehiel,
• Judah ben Menahem,
• Leonte ben Abraham,
• Benjamin ben Abraham,
• Nathan ben Zedekiah

13th century

• Moses ha-Sofer ben Benjamin,
• Moses ben Abraham Anaw,
• Jehiel ben Jekuthiel,
• Moses ben Joseph,
• Solomon ben Moses Jedidiah,
• Solomon ben Moses ben Joseph,
• Abraham ben Joab,
• Solomon ben Moses

14th century

• Immanuel ben Solomon,
• Judah Siciliano,
• Solomon

15th century

• Joab ben Nathan,
• Daniel ben Judah

16th century

• Deborah Ascarelli

Authors

14th Century

• Moses ben Hayyim
• Menahem Zemah ben Abraham Rofe
• Jehiel ben Solomon be Joan
• Joseph ben David of Rome
• Bethel Family .

Physicians

1500's

The following Jewish physicians of this period are known:

• Jacob Mantino (who was docent at the medical college);
• R. Judah di Ascola (1524);
• Elijah ben Abraham (1536);
• Judah ben Jehiel
• Solomon ben Jehiel (1539);
• Zeraḥin ben Mattithiah (
• Moses ha-Levi ibn Abi  (1538);
• Joseph ben Abraham;
• Samuel ben Abraham;
• Jekuthiel ben Isaac
• Moses ben Isaac (1539);
• Joseph ben Abraham (1540-50);
• Eliezer and Menahem ben Shabbethai de Nola,
• Moses ben Obadiah (1543);
• Mordecaiben Michael (1544);
• Maestro David (1545);
• Baruch ben Judah
• Meshullam ben Abraham (1549);
• Judah ben Isaac;
• Moses;
• Jehiel ben Solomon;
• Moses bar Joseph de Monte Porzio;
• Meshullam ben Abraham
• Joseph ben Abraham (1550).

Famous Writers

• Moses Rieti;
• Elijah Levita;
• the physician Judah ben Benjamin;
• Astruc Crescas Kalonymus;
• Daniel ben Abraham de Castro;
• Moses ben Eliakim;
• Menahem ben Mordecai;
• Ẓemaḥ ben David;
• Abraham bar Mordecai;
• Ḥayyim ben Samuel;
• Joseph ben Elijah Ḥakim.
• The converts Franciscus Parnas, Paulus Evulius, and Fabius Ramugi attained fame in this period as copyists of Hebrew manuscripts.

Printing Press

• (1518) by the sons of Abigdor ha-Levi Leniatori
• 1545) by Antonio Bladao and Isaac ben Immanuel de Lattes
• (1578) by Francesco Zanetti.

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Surnames of the Jews of Roma Archives

Most frequent surnames found in documents of the 16th-19th centuries:

A

Abbina, Abdòn, Abilio, Abucar, Achìm, Agùl, Alatri, Alatrino, Alemanno, Alfandri, Allattini, Almosnino, Amato, Ambròn, Amròn, Anaw, Angelo, Anguillara, Annuba, Anticoli, Arezzo, Ariccia, Ascarelli, Aschenazi, Ascoli, Asdriglio, Astrologo, Astrùc, Astrugo, Auron, Aversa,

B

Bacùr, Bararafel, Baroccio, Beth-El, Bina, Bises, Bologna, Bonaventura, Bondì, Buscichelli,

C

Cabibbe, Cad, Caiatte, Caivano, Calabrese, Calò, Camerino, Cammeo, Campagnano, Capuano, Caròb, Castelnovo, Catalano, Caviglia, Cazzàv, Ceprano, Cetoni, Chalfon, Chasson, Chimichi, Cimatore, Cioppetto, Citoni, Cobo, Cohen , Consarello, Corcos, Cordovano, Creti, Croccolo, Cusci,

D

Da Fondi, Da Sezze, Da Sora, D'Ancona, De Benedetti, De Benedetto, De' Pomis, De Ripa, De' Rossi, Degli Piattelli, Del Borgo, Del Monte, Del Rustico, Del Vecchio, Della Marca, Della Riccia, Della Ripa, Della Rocca, Della Seta, Della Torre, Delle Grotte, Dello Calò, Dello Maestro, Dello Piglio, Dello Strologo, Dello Vecchio, Di Capua, Di Cassino, Di Castro, Di Cave, Di Consiglio, Di Cori, Di Francia, Di Laudadio, Di Nepi, Di Nettuno, Di Nola, Di Palidoro, Di Porto, Di Segni, Di Sessa, Di Veroli, Di Vito,

E

Efrati, Esdra,

F

Falcon, Fano, Farchi, Farfara, Fasano, Fargion, Fattucci, Fernandes, Fernando, Fernandos Diaz, Ferro, Fianco, Fiano, Fiesolano, Figo, Finzi, Fiorentino, Fis, Fiumara, Fiz, Flach, Flah, Foà, Formello, Fornari, Fornaro, Fortunato, Franchetti, Franco, Franio, Fresco, Frosinone, Funaro, Frascati, Frias, Frosolone, Frusolone, Funaro,

G

Gabbai, Galante, Gallichi, Gallico, Gattegna, Gattegno, Gioiello, Gioioso, Gonzaga, Greco,

H

Hagghèri, Havesipeciat,

I

Ibn Akush, Jair, Jesi,

L

Lagnetto, Laniatore, Lanzano, Latis, Lattes, Leridi , Levi, Limentani, Lirici, Lodas, Lunel,

M

Malach, Malàchi, Manasse, Manoscrivi, Mansanellas, Mantino, Mantova, Marino, Marli, Massud, Melamèd, Menaghèn, Menashe, Mercanti, Mestrina, Miele, Milano, Misano , Modena, Modigliana, Modigliani, Modigliano, Monsanto, Montefalisco, Montegiovanni, Monteporzio, Monterotondo, Montesanto, Montopoli, Moresco, Moro, Moscato, Mursia,

N

Narni, Natronài, Nieto, Nissim, Norzi,

O

Olevano,

P

Pace, Padova, Padua, Palestrina, Paliano, Panzieri, Parnàs, Passapaire, Pavoncello, Perugia, Pesaro, Piazza, Piccio, Pinto, Piperno, Pisa, Pitigliano, Pizzica, Poggetti, Poggetto, Polacco, Poli, Pontecorvo, Portaleone, Provinzial, Pugliese,

R

Raffael, Ram , Rapa, Recanati, Reggio, Revere, Rieti, Rignano, Roccas, Rofé, Rogat, Romanelli, Romano, Rosato, Rosselli, Rossello, Rubbino, Rustico,

S

Sabbatello, Sadun, Salerno, Salmonì, Sarfati, Scazzocchio, Scrigno, Sed, Sereni, Sereno, Seriosi, Sermoneta, Servi, Servo, Sestieri, Sestiero, Seth, Sforno, Sicilia, Siciliano, Sonatore, Sonnino, Sorano, Spagnoletto, Spizzichino, Spoleto, Stichi,

T

Tagliacozzo, Tardiola, Tarmi, Tartaglia, Tedesco, Terni, Terracina, Tivoli, Toàf, Toscano, Trabotto, Trastevere, Treves, Trigo, Trionfo, Tripolese,

U

Usiglio, Uziel, Uzielli,

V

Vallabrega, Velletri, Venafro, Veneziano, Viterbo, Volterra,

Z

Zaddìc, Zahalon, Zamatto, Zarfati, Zemat, Zevi, Zorèf