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    The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara | Drama, History

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    Edgardo Levi Mortara, [a] the sixth of eight children born to Salomone "Momolo" Mortara, a Jewish merchant, and his wife Marianna ( née Padovani), was born on 27 August 1851 in Bologna, one of the Papal Legations in the far north of the pontifical state. [7] In 1850, the family had moved from the Duchy of Modena, just west of Bologna. [7]

  3. The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara: The treatment of a young Jewish boy, forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Italy, creates a furor which pits the Papacy itself against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

    • Drama, History
    • 3 min
    • Tony Kushner, David I. Kertzer
  4. Father Pio Edgardo Mortara (right) with his mother Marianna, c. 1878–1890. Edgardo Levi Mortara was born on August 27, 1851, in Bologna. A few months after Edgardo’s birth, the Mortara family, who were Jewish, engaged a new servant, Anna “Nina” Morisi, an 18-year-old Catholic. In October 1857, the inquisitor of Bologna, the Dominican ...

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  6. May 18, 2022 · Spielberg’s version would have been based on the book “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara,” by Jewish historian David Kertzer, and was to have starred Mark Rylance, with a screenplay by Tony ...

  7. Nov 17, 2023 · "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara" (1862) by the 19th century German Jewish painter Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. Completely unknown to him, 6-year-old Edgardo Mortara had a secret. The boy was born ...

  8. Apr 26, 2024 · Steven Spielberg planned to film the story as The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, with Mark Rylance and Oscar Isaac. Julian Schnabel, the director of the Oscar-nominated The Diving Bell and the ...

  9. Apr 15, 2018 · After a century and a half, the story of six-year-old Edgardo Mortara—a Jewish boy who was kidnapped by the Vatican—has once again become the subject of acrimonious debate. The facts are ...

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