Simon of Trent
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Simon of Trent, also known as Saint Simon of Trent, was a young boy from the city of Trent, in the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, whose disappearance and death were weaponized as a blood libel against the
Bust of Simon of Trent by Antonio Rizzo, previously attributed to Francesco Laurana, 1475-80, Getty Center.
School of Niklaus Weckmann, The Martyrdom of Saint Simonino
Unknown painter, Ex voto; fresco, end of the 15th century, church of Santa Maria Annunciata, Bienno (BS), Italy
Incunabulum of Friedrich Creussner, Nuremberg, 1475
Passover Seder
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The Passover Seder is a ritual feast at the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. It is conducted throughout the world at the start of the 15th day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar. The day fall
Simon of Trent
…One Jew, Israel, was allowed to convert to Christianity for a short while, but he was arrested again after other Jews confessed he was part of the Passover Seder. After a long period of torture he was also sentenced to death on 19 January. The Trent trial's notoriety inspired a rise in Christian violence towards…
Table set for the Passover Seder
Forli Siddur, 1383, British Library
A Ukrainian 19th-century lubok representing the Seder table
Machine-made matzo