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Currently my thoughts on the actual word Xuvella as a surname might have been created with the Zuvelas arrival on the island in the early 1600s, which signalled a new fresh start for the family. There is a theory that the Xuvellas were Spanish-Jews who were expelled in 1493 from Spain. From there they moved to northern Italy and then to the Republic of Venice. In that time period Jews did settle in Split (Spalato) as well as elsewhere within the Venetian Dalmatia province of which the island of Korčula was a part. To my knowledge Zuvelas have always been Catholics so at some stage they must have converted to a new faith and never looked back. In Spain, Jews who converted to Catholicism where called '''Converso'''<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Marranos.html Christian-Jewish Relations:
Currently my thoughts on the actual word Xuvella as a surname might have been created with the Zuvelas arrival on the island in the early 1600s, which signalled a new fresh start for the family. There is a theory that the Xuvellas were Spanish-Jews who were expelled in 1493 from Spain. From there they moved to northern Italy and then to the Republic of Venice. In that time period Jews did settle in Split (Spalato) as well as elsewhere within the Venetian Dalmatia province of which the island of Korčula was a part. To my knowledge Zuvelas have always been Catholics so at some stage they must have converted to a new faith and never looked back. In Spain, Jews who converted to Catholicism where called '''Converso'''<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Marranos.html Christian-Jewish Relations:
Marranos, Conversos & New Christians</ref>. It is Interesting to note, Jew in old Venetian is '''xudio''' (abreo and sabadai were also used). This information presented in my CONCLUSION from my perspective is still speculative.
Marranos, Conversos & New Christians</ref>. It is Interesting to note, Jew in old Venetian is '''xudio''' (abreo and sabadai were also used). This information concerning the old Spanish-Jews perspective presented in this chapter from my perspective, is still speculative.
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