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See the main articles:
  • Morisco for New Christian s of Moorish origin.

  • Marrano for New Christians of Jewish origin. The term ''marrano'' is especially used to refer to Crypto-Jews , i.e. those who secretly continued to practise Judaism.


Jewish ''conversos'' were often suspected of preserving their ancestral rites in this way and were especially a target of the Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition .

Some argue that they contributed disproportionately to cultural and political life in Spain and included Saint Teresa Of Avila and, it was alleged, the Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada himself. See also Donmeh .