Bonet de Lattes
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Bonet de Lattes (by 1450-after 1514) was a European
Originally from Provence, and belonging to a family that had its origin in Lattes near Montpellier, he was forced to leave Provence when the Jews were expelled from that land and settled in Carpentras. From there, he went to Rome, where he became physician to Pope Alexander VI, and later to Pope Leo X.
At this time he became rabbi of the Jewish community, to which he was able to render much assistance. He married the daughter of the physician Comprat Mossé of Aix.
Bonet described the use of his instrument in a treatise written in Carpentras, the full title of which is: Boneti de Latis, Medici Provenzalis, Annuli per eum Composti Super Astrologiæ Utilitate. It appeared as a supplement to the Calculatio Composta in Rima de Juliano de Dati, Rome, 1493, and was dedicated to Pope Alexander VI. At the end, Bonet craves pardon for his bad
A pupil of
It is evidence of the position held by Bonet at the
Bonet is known to have had two sons. One, Joseph, continued to remain in the papal favor; the other, Immanuel, was also in the service of the pope, from whom he received a regular salary.
See also
References
- Eliakim Carmoly, Histoire des Médecins Juifs, p. 141;
- Moritz Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers., p. 607, note 84;
- idem, Cat. Bodl.;
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 560;
- Henri Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 266;
- Vogelstein and Rieger, Gesch. der Juden in Rom, ii.35, 83;
- J. Guttmann, in Monatsschrift, xliii.258 et seq.;
- Heinrich Grätz, Gesch. der Juden, ix-xvii;
- Abraham Berliner, Gesch. der Juden in Rom, ii.83.
- Georges Minois, Histoire de l'avenir, p. 309
For description of the ring-dial and its use, see Rudolf Wolf, Handbuch der Astronomie, ihrer Geschichte und Literatur, ii.196b, Zurich, 1891.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}
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