Vidal Taroç (Hebrew: וידל בן טודרוס טארוש) was a Catalan Jewish landowner and court Jew.

Biography

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, around 1265. His father Todros Taroç II was a wealthy Gironan merchant, and paternal grandson of Azriel of Girona. Vidal briefly lived in Vic from 1288-1301, where he was a successful landowner, in 1289 he rented houses and orchids in Montcada and later made a large sum of money renting out the properties to Jewish members of the community. Using the large wealth he amassed, Vidal was able to establish the Taroç family as one of the leading Jewish families of Catalonia. Vidal later moved to Manresa in 1301, where he possibly served as a representative of Catalan Jewry in certain municipal courts, later retiring to his ancestral hometown of Girona.[1][2][3] He had one son Isaac Taroç, the father of Vidal Taroç II and Salomo Abraham Taroç.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Llop, Irene (2018). "The settlement of Jews in Vic: origin, provenance and mobility of the Jewish community (1231-1277)". Imago Temporis: Medium Aevum: 267 & 280. ISSN 1888-3931.
  2. ↑ Sentís, F. Xavier Rivera | Pijuan, Pere (2018). "Els caps de casa jueus a Cervera durant el segle XV (The Jewish heads of houses in Cervera during the 15th century)" p. 354 & 386
  3. ↑ Beinart, Haim (1991). גלות אחר גולה: מחקרים בתולדות עם ישראל מוגשים לפרופסור חיים ביינאר: Studies in the History of the Jewish People Presented to Professor Haim Beinart. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-965-235-037-4.
  4. ↑ "Vidal ibn Taroç". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2020-07-09.


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