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 | | There are traces of the existence of Jews in Lecce at the time of the Normans (G. Tanzi, "Gli Statuti della Città di Lecce," p. |
 | | But when Giannantonio del Balzo-Orsini, the last Count of Lecce, died in 1463, and the city came under the direct rule of Ferdinand I., King of Aragon, a violent outbreak against the Jews occurred, in which the ghetto was sacked, several Jews were killed, and the remainder driven out of the place. |
 | | The Jews probably never returned to Lecce, as they were expelled from the whole Neapolitan kingdom in 1540. |
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