Mortara, Pio, -1940
Variant namesEdgardo (Pio) Mortara (born Bologna, Italy, Aug. 27, 1851-Liège, in Belgium, Mar. 11, 1940) was a Jewish boy who became the center of an international controversy when he was kidnapped from his Jewish parents by authorities of the Papal States and raised as a Roman Catholic. He later became a Roman Catholic priest. The boy was seized after the Church authorities received a report that he had been given emergency baptism by a domestic servant during a serious infantile illness.
From the description of Pio Mortara letter, 1897 Dec. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745443977
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| referencedIn | Board of Delegates of American Israelites Records, 1859-1881, 1887, 1932 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Mortara, Pio, d. 1940. Pio Mortara letter, 1897 Dec. 31. | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | |
| referencedIn | Conseil Administratif de la Commission Israelite (Asti, Italy). Letter : concerning the Mortara Affair : manuscript, 1858 Aug. 11. | Houghton Library |
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| correspondedWith | Feibel, Isaac | person |
| associatedWith | Mortara family. | family |
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