Joshua ben Solomon Corcos

Joshua ben Solomon Corcos was Italian banker of the sixteenth century. He was a member of a family originally from Corcos in the province of Valladolid, Castile, whose members, after 1492, were established in Italy and in Fez.

In Partnership with his brother Elijah, he carried on an extensive banking business in Rome, which they had established in 1537. In 1656, a century afterward, the firm’s wealth represented the sum of 700,000 crowns. Joshua was an active member of the congregation in Rome, and has acted as the representative, on March 16, 1558, of the united synagogues of Castiglione and Zafartine in the drafting with the united synagogues of Catalonia and Aragone of a deed of partnership in the use of certain synagogue utensils. He also served as a representative of Jewish tailors in negotiations with the Christian tailor of Rome.