New Christian
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New Christian was a socio-religious designation and legal distinction referring to the population of former Jewish and Muslim converts to Christianity in the Spanish and Portuguese empires, and their
St. John of the Cross (1542–1591), a notable Carmelite friar, Christian mystic, and New Christian of Converso ancestry
Marranos: A secret Passover Seder in Spain during the times of Inquisition, an 1893 painting by Moshe Maimon
The Moorish Proselytes of Archbishop Ximenes, Granada, 1500, by Edwin Long (1829–1891), depicting a mass baptism of former Muslims in the city of Granada, Spain
Converso
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A converso was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.
Saint Joseph of Anchieta (1534–1597), Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil and one of the founders of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. José de Anchieta was a descendant of Jewish converts through the maternal line.
Church of Montesión (Mount Zion) in Palma de Mallorca, the main church of Xuetas of Mallorca.
Atlas Van der Hagen KW1049B12 017 PORTUGALLIAE et ALGARBIAE REGNA
Carte historique des Royaumes d'Espagne et Portugal