Abraham Senior (1412–1496)

Born 1412 CE, died 1496 CE.

Don Abraham Seneor or Abraham Senior (Segovia 1412–1493) was a Sephardi rabbi, banker, politician, patriarch of the Coronel family and last Crown rabbi of Castile, a senior member of the Castilian hacienda (almojarife of the Castile or royal administrator). In 1492, at the age of 80, he converted to Roman Catholicism from Judaism. Taking the name Ferrán, Fernán, or Fernando Pérez Coronel; thus founding the noble lineage of Coronel.

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