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Spanish and Portuguese conversos settled also at Florence and contributed to make Livorno a leading seaport.

They received privileges at Venice, where they were protected from the persecutions of the Inquisition.

At Milan they materially advanced the interests of the city by their industry and commerce.

At Bologna, Pisa, Naples and numerous other Italian cities, they freely exercised the Jewish religion again.

They were soon so numerous that Fernando de Goes Loureiro, an abbot from Oporto, filled an entire book with the names of conversos who had drawn large sums from Portugal and had openly avowed Judaism in Italy.