Francisco Maldonado da Silva

Francisco Maldonado da Silva
Born
Eliahu Hanazir

1592
San Miguel de Tucumá
Died23 January 1639
Lima, Peru
Cause of deathAuto-da-fé
NationalityArgentine marrano

Francisco Maldonado da Silva (Jewish name: Eliahu Hanazir; 1592 in Argentina – 23 January 1639, in Peru)[1] was an Argentine marrano physician who was burned at the stake with eleven other Jews in Lima, Peru, in the largest Auto-da-fé recorded in history. His life has been novelized by Argentine best selling author Marcos Aguinis in the book Against the Inquisition.

  1. ^ http://franciscomaldonadodasilva.blogspot.nl/ Francisco Maldonado da Silva, Retrieved August 17, 2017.