Luís Dias (pseudo-messiah)
Luís Dias (* 1505 in Viana do Alentejo , † 1542 in Lisbon ), the " Messiah of Setúbal " ( Portuguese Messias de Setúbal ), the port city south of Lisbon, was a Portuguese shoemaker and Jewish pseudo-messiah. He won many followers among Christians , old and new , was captured and burned in 1542 in a car dairy in Lisbon along with eighty-three of his followers.
literature
- Álvaro Arranja: “A Inquisição eo Messias de Setúbal”, Historia Nº 165 (Junho 1993), p. 4-11
- Raphael Patai, Jennifer Patai: The myth of the Jewish race . Wayne State University Press 1989; ISBN 0814319483
- Meyer Kayserling : History of the Jews in Portugal . Xlibris Corporation 2008; ISBN 0554641135
See also
Web links
- A Inquisição eo Messias de Setúbal (Portuguese; PDF file; 542 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://cebocageanos.net/pagcult/21Dezembro2007.pdf
- ^ Patai & Patai, p. 76.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dias, Luís |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese shoemaker and false messiah |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1505 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viana do Alentejo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1542 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |