ABRAMO BEN CHANANIA. – A converted rabbi of the Galiki family, born at Monselice, died around 1625. Having become a Christian in 1605 or shortly thereafter, he took the name Camillo Jaghel, in homage to Pope Paolo V. Ancona.
Before converting, he wrote in Hebrew several good ascetic works on a biblical basis: Séfer léqah jōbh (Book of Good Doctrine; cf. Prov. 4:1), a Jewish catechesis between teacher and disciple (Venice 1595; London 1679, with a Latin translation), widely disseminated and frequently reprinted; Mōshia' ḥosim (Salvation of the Believers, Venice 1587 and 1604), in which he recommends treating the plague with fear of God and prayer; Étet hail (The Strong Woman, there 1611).
BIBL.: G. Bartolocci, Bibliotheca magna rabbinica, I, Rome 1675, p. 26. Antonino Romeo