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Bernal, Isaac (Marcus) de Almeyda
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Spanish martyr; born in Montilla 1633; burned at the stake in St. Iago de Compostella(Galicia, Spain), in the month of March, 1655, at the age of twenty-two. He was a nephew of Abraham Nu�ez see Bernal. When only seventeen (1650) he had been thrown into the prison of the Inquisition at Valladolid. Daniel Levi de Barrios mentions Bernal in his "Govierno Popular Judayco" as a relative. In the volume entitled "Elogios" (Abraham Nu�ez Bernal) there is a "Relacion del felice martirio del invicto Ishack de Almeida Bernal que murio vivo en fuego santificando el nombre del Se�or . . ."; as well as poems in honor of Bernal by Daniel � Ribera, Jonah Abravanel, Jacob de Pina, Samuel de Castro, Abraham Castanho, Isaac Israel, Daniel Arango, and a sermon by Jacob Abendana.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Bernal, Isaac (Marcus) de Almeyda'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/b/bernal-isaac-marcus-de-almeyda.html. 1901.
