Haham Dr NIETO David

1654 - 1728  (74 years)

• Name	NIETO David
  Title	Haham Dr
  Born	10 Jan 1654	Venice   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Physician and preacher. Community leader when the first Jewish orphanage was established in 1703.
  Died	10 Jan 1728
  Buried	11 Jan 1728	Velho Sephardic Cemetery
  	Inscription: Haham Hashalem R Dr David Nieto died 28 Tebet 5488 10th Jan 1728 aged 74. Dr. Isaac de Sequeira Samuda wrote the Portuguese epitaph for the tombstone. The English translation by Dr Lionel D Barnett: "Sublime theologian, profound sage, eminent physician, illustrious astronomer, sweet poet, eloquent preacher, subtle logician, ingenious scientist, fluent orator, ready in tongues, famous in histories - since so much is here confined, in death a little earth holds what is much and little."
  		Nieto, Dr. David Plot: Row 21, No 1
  Person ID	I17160	CemeteryScribes.com
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	NIETO Phineas,   b. Abt 1625
  Family ID	F3717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. NIETO Isaac,   b. 1702,   d. 1774  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F3718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Nieto, Haham David

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Taken from date of death and age at death.