No. 6048
Jacob Tirado
ca. 1540–1620MerchantEurope · 1540Most named place: Venice
Jacob Tirado was born in Portugal into a Converso family. In 1598 he was living in Amsterdam where he returned to Judaism, and was one of the founding fathers of the Sephardi community, in about 1608, named Bet Ya’akov. In notarial documents he was recorded as a wealthy merchant under the name of James (Gammez) Lopes da Costa, whit trade concentrated on Portugal and Venice. After 1612 he moved to Venice, where he was active in charity and fund raising for Ereẓ Israel. It is possible that Tirado spent the last years of his life in Jerusalem.