Crescas
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Crescas is a Jewish family name
. There have been a number of scholars and rabbis sharing that surname, including:
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
. There have been a number of scholars and rabbis sharing that surname, including:
- Abiathar CrescasAbiathar CrescasAbiathar Crescas was a 15th-century Jewish physician and astrologer in the kingdom of Aragon . He was head astrologer to King John of Aragon, father of King Ferdinand of Aragon.Crescas was a very prominent Jewish figure in Aragon...
, a 15th-century Jewish physician and astrologer, doctor to King John II of AragonJohn II of AragonJohn II the Faithless, also known as the Great was the King of Aragon from 1458 until 1479, and jure uxoris King of Navarre from 1425 until his death. He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque...
(1458–79) - Astruc Don Crescas
- Meshullam ben Machir, Don Bonet Crescas de Lunel, French scholar who settled at PerpignanPerpignan-Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...
, where he died in 1306 - Hasdai CrescasHasdai CrescasHasdai ben Judah Crescas was a Jewish philosopher and a renowned halakhist...
(c. 1340, Barcelona – 1410/1411), a Catalan Jewish philosopher, halakhist - Israel ben Joseph Halevi Crescas CaslariIsrael ben Joseph Halevi CaslariIsrael ben Joseph Halevi Caslari , also known as Crescas Caslari and Israel ben Joseph Halevi, was a Jewish physician and poet who lived at Avignon in 1327. He was the author of a liturgic poem for Purim, beginning with the words . In a manuscript of this poem Israel ben Joseph Halevi Caslari ,...
, known as "Crescas Caslari", an Aragonese-French Jewish physician and poet - Mordecai En Crescas, of OrangeOrange, VaucluseOrange is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It has a primarily agricultural economy...
- Vidal de Caslar Crescas
- (Don) Vidal Crescas of Perpignan (fr)
Cresques
- Abraham CresquesAbraham CresquesAbraham Cresques , whose real name was probably Cresques Abraham, was a 14th-century Jewish cartographer from Palma, Majorca...
(? - 1387), a Jewish cartographer from Palma de Mallorca - Jehuda CresquesJehuda CresquesJehuda Cresques , also known as Jafudà Cresques, Jaume Riba, and Cresques lo Juheu was a Catalan cartographer, and was once believed to be the man who coordinated the discoveries of the Portuguese naval school at Sagres in the early 15th century.Son of Abraham Cresques, a famous Jewish...
(also Jafudà Cresques; 1350 ? - 1427 ?)