Rabbi Moshe Capsali

Chief rabbi of Constantinople · c. 1420–1495

Romaniote · EstablishedChristian Iberia

Romaniote rabbi who served as chief rabbi of Constantinople under Sultan Mehmed II, and welcomed the first Spanish exiles in 1492.

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