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Acaz, Jacob

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Keeper of the royal lions in Saragossa. In 1384 or 1385, by order of King Pedro of Aragon, Acaz took some lions to Navarre as a present to King Charles II. A certain Abraham Azen is mentioned in 1408 as his successor in Saragossa.

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  • M. Kayserling, in Rev. Ét. Juives, 25:255.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Acaz, Jacob'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/acaz-jacob.html. 1901.
 
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