Diorama: Vicente Ferrer Bursting into a Synagogue to Convert the Jews
Late 14th century
The preacher Vicente Ferrer was a missionary who acted on the Pope’s behalf to convert to Christianity as many Jews as possible. he would travel among the communities with a large crowd of followers and burst into local synagogues waving a cross in one hand and holding the Bible in the other. he would then declare the synagogue a church and force the Jews to convert. Thousands of Jews converted due to his efforts. he was canonized posthumously.
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