Manuscript account of an Auto-da-Fé (Ordeal by Fire) of a Jew who “persisted in his error, ” which took place in Lisbon on July 14th, 1686

(INQUISITION)

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Portuguese cursive script. Brown ink on paper

Born in Carceres, Andalusia and at the time resident in Lisbon, Francisco Antonio de Linares was declared a heretic apostate for the crime of Judaism. On being questioned by the Inquisition, he “persisted in his errors, saying that he considers himself a Jew.” The report continues - there were so many spectators, that when the straw around the stake was set on fire, a riot occurred, observers lost property and some were even trampled to death