Juan de Rojas (Roxas)

• General Notes
  • p. 214-5  Born in Cubillan, Portugal.  Wife relaxed in effigy, and fasted for seven days after.  Note 1 shows this is an Oriental Jewish practice, not Ashkenazim or Sephardim.  When dying, he was taken to the house of Vaez Sevilla.  "He publicly confessed that his deceased wife had never been apart from his side, his bed, his table, and even at business the entire day." p.214  Affection.