ispano

Updated: January 25, 2026

Count Teseo de'Albonesi of Pavia became noted as the first Chaldaic scholar of his age, and in 1490, the Moro established a chair of Hebrew, and appointed the Jew Benedetto Ispano to be the first professor, with express injunctions to study the text of the Bible.

Julia Mary Cartwright Ady - Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497