Alfonso Bonhomme

Life Alfonso was born, probably in Galicia, or perhaps in Toledo, at the close of the 13th century. He travelled to Egypt in 1336, and to Morocco. He became Bishop of Morocco in 1344. He died, probably at Marrakesh, about 1353.

Including the first printed edition of 1475, this tract went through at least nine editions in Latin, five in German, and one in Italian. In the Escurial there exists a Spanish translation in manuscript. A Russian version was issued in 1855 by the Kiev Pecherskaya Lavra (Monastery). An English version by Thomas Calvert appeared at York in 1649 under the title, The Blessed Jew of Morocco; or, the black Moor Made white. There exists also, in manuscript, a Disputatio Abutalib Saraceni et Samuelis Judæi, consisting of seven epistles, translated from Arabic into Latin by Alfonsus Bonihominis.