Pablo Alvaro

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Pablo Alvaro (9th century) was a knight of Jewish ancestry from Córdoba, Spain who converted to Catholicism.

In 840, Alvaro began a correspondence with the former Bishop Bodo, a Christian convert to Judaism, wherein each tried to convince the other to return to their old faith. Many of their letters have been preserved.

[edit] See also

• Bishop Bodo
• Converso
• Marrano

[edit] References

• Richard Gottheil and Hermann Vogelstein, Bodo Jewish Encyclopedia
• Pablo Alvaro Jewish Encyclopedia
• Corré, Alan D. The Bishop's Letter
• Epstein, Lawrence The Theory and Practice of Welcoming Converts to Judaism

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.