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Vidal Benveniste de Porta ((カタルーニャ語、バレンシア語:Vidal Benvenist ça Porta); died 1268) was the Jewish ''batlle'' of Barcelona, Girona and Leida and a brother of Nahmanides.〔See Grätz, ''Gesch. der Juden,'' vii.38; ''Jewish Quarterly Review,'' viii.492, 710).〕 Benveniste was an important official of Barcelona and the tax collector and treasurer (bailiff) of King Jaume I of Aragon. From time to time he advanced to the king payments on the municipal dues owed to the king. Thus on 17 December 1257, he advanced 3,863 ''sous'' on the dues of his bailiwick;〔Jacobs, ''Inquiry into the Sources of Spanish-Jewish History'' No. 134.〕 and on the 15th of the following month he received the right to sell the tax collection of Barcelona and Girona for two years.〔Jacobs No. 142.〕 The total advances to the king was no less than 199,483 ''sous'',〔Jacobs No. 144.〕 which Benveniste was allowed to recover by giving to him the tax collection from Lleida and other places of his bailiwick.〔Jacobs No. 162〕 Part of the payment for the tax advances was made by the Jews of Barcelona who were ordered to hand over (taxes of) 12,000 ''sous'' to Benveniste.〔Jacobs No. 168a.〕 Meanwhile the king continued his orders to Benveniste for the advancement of funds, drawing a check on him for 5,000 ''sous'' on June 12, 1260;〔Jacobs No. 170a.〕 while two years later the king acknowledged his indebtedness of 15,221 ''sous'' for payment made on account of the ''Infanta'' Donna Joanna, on May 21, 1262. In return for the advance, the dues of Vilafranca (ib. No. 205), as well as twenty squares of land there,〔Jacobs No. 232.〕 and the taxes of the Balearic Islands〔Jacobs No. 257.〕 and of Perpinyà,〔Jacobs No. 239.〕 were granted to Benveniste. The latter continued to act as the bailiff for the king, since a record is found of acknowledgment of an advancement of 15,000 ''sous'', paid by Benveniste to the bishop of Barcelona when proceeding on an embassy to France on 1 January 1254;〔Jacobs No. 355.〕 and as late as 1 February 1268, the tax collection from the Jews of Girona were assigned to Benveniste.〔Jacobs No. 681.〕 Altogether Benveniste stood high in favor with King and when on May 29, 1264, his brother Nahmanides was pardoned, two-thirds of the fine he had incurred for the alleged crime of vituperating Jesus in the celebrated disputation of 1263 was remitted, the king expressly stating that the pardon was given "amore Benveniste de Porta, fratris tui".〔Jacobs, Appendix, No. 4, p. 130).〕 ==Sources== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benveniste de Porta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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