Laura, widow of Elia di Perugia: Rome, 1626

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Title

Laura, widow of Elia di Perugia: Rome, 1626

Subject

Laura, daughter of Moise Abbina, widow of Elia di Perugia (alias di Pinto)

Description

Laura dictated her will to the Jewish rabbi/notary Salamone di Santoro da Pitigliano, and he recorded it in Italian.

Detailed Description from Kenneth Stow: 

Laura di q.m Moise Abbina, widow of q.m Elia di Perugia, alias di Pinto, writes her will and reccomands her soul all'onipotente Iddio de Israel, pregandolo con ogne efficacia maggiore che se degni perdonarli li suoi peccati da lei commessi in questa umana vita e racoglierla et acettarla nel santo paradiso p> sua divina bontà pietaà e misericordia; she asks her son in law Moise q.m Leone di Frosinone and her grandson Giuseppe (Ioseph) di Leone di q.m Giuseppe (Ioseph) Argentino, son of her daughter Olimpia, to say the Kaddish for her, since she does not have male sons, and to this end she leaves two scudi each; 15 scudi have to be spent for a "lampa d'argento" for the "scola castigliana per elemosina per l'anima sua." She leaves to the Scola castigliana, each week, for one year un mezzo di oglio for her soul, and 1 scudo for each of the compagnie of Ghemilut hasadim, Talmud Tora, di Betulod, matir asurim, Ierusalaim, and alla cassetta del caal (Kahal) grande. To her sister Diamante, widow of q.m Lazzaro di Fiorentini, who lives in Firenze, "10 piastri di Fiorenza"; to her brother Sabato she leaves 2 scudi, and to Sabato, son of q.m Manuele, her brother, 1 scudo; to her nephews Moise and Samuele, sons of q.m Alessandro Abbina, her brother, 1 sc. Each. Universal heirs of her estate are her daughters Olimpia, wife of Leone di q.m Ioseph Argentino, and Stella, wife of Moise q.m Leone di Frosinone; the sons in law are to be the executors of her will.

Creator

Rome, Italy

Date

5 March 1626

Source

Archivio Storico Capitolino, Rome
ASC, F.15, (l.1,) ff.38r.-39v. 1626-03-05

Language

Italian

Coverage

Italy

Contributor

Kenneth Stow