ELIJAH BEN SHABBETAI BE'ER
- ELIJAH BEN SHABBETAI BE'ER
- ELIJAH BEN SHABBETAI BE'ER (14th–15th
centuries; also known as Elia di Sabato of Fermo and in
England as Elias Sabot), papal physician. He attended Popes
Innocent VII (1404–06), Martin V
(1417–31), and Eugene IV (1431–47), as well as the duke
of Milan and the marquess of Ferrara. In 1410 he was summoned to England
to treat King Henry IV and was empowered to bring with
him a retinue of ten persons. A teacher of medicine at the University of
Pavia, he was the first Jew recorded on the faculty of a European
university. In recognition of his services, he was accorded the dignity
of knight, and in 1405 was awarded Roman citizenship. An enigmatic medal
was struck in 1497 (or 1503) in honor of his son Benjamin.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Gauthier, in: REJ, 49 (1904), 259; Wiener, in:
JQR, 18 (1905/06), 142ff.; Simonsen, ibid.,
360; Milano, Italia, 155, 483, 629; Muenster, in: Scritti… Sally
Mayer (1956), 224–58, includes bibliography; C. Roth, Jews in
the Renaissance (1959), 39, 210, 215–6, 355.
(Ariel Toaff)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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