Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi


JEWISH HISTORY (Abridged)
June 20, 1510:
Birthday of Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi, Portugese intellectual and one of the wealthiest women in Renaissance Europe. Employing a combination of commercial activities, loans and bribes to royalty and Popes, she developed an escape network that saved hundreds of Conversos from the Inquisition.
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