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Severus of Minorca

4th Century–5th Century
Severus of Minorca wrote Epistula Severi (Letter on the Conversion of the Jews), which details the conversion of 540 Jews to Christianity on the island of Minorca, Spain, in the year 418.

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Forced Conversion of the Jews

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