Galante (pedigree)

Galante was a Jewish family which flourished at the beginning of the 16th century in Rome, and the head of which, Mordecai, was a Spanish exile of the Angel family. His courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname "Galantuomo" (gentleman), a name which the family retained. About this time the family settled in the Land of Israel, where it produced authors and other celebrities, among them the following:

* Abraham ben Mordecai Galante \- (d. 1560, Italian kabbalist)
* Moses ben Mordecai Galante \- (d. 1608, Safed)
* Jonathan ben Moses Galante - (17th-century rabbi at Safed)
* Moses ben Jonathan Galante \- (1621 – 1689, Jerusalem), was the first Rishon LeZion (Sephardic chief Rabbi of Israel).[1]
* Mordecai Galante \- (d. 1781, chief rabbi of Damascus)
* Moses Galante \- (d. 1806, chief rabbi of Damascus)

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*  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Franco, M.; Kohler, Kaufmann; Broydé, Isaac; Deutsch, Gotthard (1903). "Galante". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5\. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 547–548.

1. ^ Shai Cabessa (2020). A Legacy of Torah: Insights/Parsha/Sphardi GeDoLim. p. 175\. ISBN 978-1-60091-807-0.