Luis de Carvajal the Younger, Spain, Mexico, Inquisition martyr, 17 Kislev 5357
Luis de Carvajal the Younger (also Luis de Carabajal) died at the stake in the Inquisition on Dec. 8, 1596, after being tortured and denouncing (and then recanting his confessions) his entire family.
De Carvajal has been the subject of many books, and even an opera (”Carvajal“
in recent years, because of his story’s drama and [...]
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