Antonio Roiz o Maduro

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About Antonio Roiz o Maduro

Antonio Roiz o Maduro, was sentenced to be burned to death by the Inquisition in Portugal for "crimes against the Catholic faith and for observance of the laws of Moses." He was burned alive at the stake in the central square of the Portuguese city of Coimbra.


Antonio's converso surname was "Roiz." We don't know what his Hebrew given name was.

See http://seroesdabeira.webs.com/noticias.htm (in Portuguese) about the importance of Trancoso as a Jewish town.


http://dcodriscoll.pbworks.com/Peixotto

1.2.1 Antonio Roiz o Maduro d'Alcunha; b. 1570, Trancoso, Portugal; burned at the stake 28 Aug 1616 in an auto-da-fe at Coimbra, Portugal; his wife and his four children managed to escape to St Jean de Luz, France.

      = Isabel (Elizabeth) Fernandez; b. Ponte, Portugal; d. ca. 1618, St Jean de Luz; dau of Manoel Fernandez.
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Antonio Roiz o Maduro's Timeline

1570
1570
Trancoso, Guarda, Portugal
1594
1594
Trancoso, Aveiro, Portugal
1596
1596
Trancoso, Guarda, Portugal
1608
1608
1610
1610
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
1616
August 28, 1616
Age 46
Coimbra, Portugal