Xueta
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The Xuetes are a social group on the Spanish island of Majorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, who are descendants of Majorcan Jews that either were conversos or were Crypto-Jews, forced to keep their religion hidden. They practiced strict endogamy by marrying only within their own group. Many of their descendants observe a syncretist form of Christian worship known as Xueta Christianity.
Church of Montesión (Mount Zion) in Palma de Mallorca, the main Church of Xuetas of Majorca.
Saint Vicent Ferrer, predicative assets for the conversion of the Jews.
Shield of the Inquisition used in Mallorca.
The Synagogue of Livorno (built in the 17th century), a city of reference for the Majorcan crypto-Jews.
Converso
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A converso, "convert", 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 Sao 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 Majorca.